C28 (2/2)

After exiting the Medical Examiner's Office, I let Wei Shijie carry Elder Liang back to his office to rest first. On the other hand, I was prepared to give Huang An a call. It had been almost two hours since we parted, and it was already dark. I looked at the time and saw that it was 7 o'clock in the evening.

The phone call quickly ended. Brother Huang picked it up and asked: What's the matter? Little Chuan? ”

I asked, ”Brother Huang, have you found anything?”

Brother Huang said, ”I found some. According to the residents around the stadium, about ten days before the incident, there was a trash collector here. An old lady even sold him an abandoned freezer.”

”A freezer?” I was shocked and asked, ”Did the woman who sold the freezer say what she looked like?” ”How old?”

”Sigh!” Brother Huang sighed, and said: ”That trash's face is covered in black paint, I can't tell what he looks like at all, but auntie said that the trash's accent is the same as the local one!”

”Locals?” I asked, ”Are there any surveillance videos around here?”

”Of course not!” The Brother Huang said, ”Lotus Stadium is surrounded by shantytowns. This place is currently being demolished and renovated.”

”Oh?” I asked, ”Are there a lot of construction sites around here?”

”Yes!” Brother Huang said, ”Let me take a look and see if there are more than 100 buildings under construction!”

As I was speaking, I heard the sound of a large truck coming from Brother Huang's phone. It seemed that the construction site was working all night.

After hanging up the phone, I looked at the time helplessly. It was already 7: 10 in the evening. The Construction Bureau would definitely be off work early, but we wouldn't be able to wait for the case to come out. Using my luck, I dialed Director Ding's number.

”Hello? ”That person?” Director Ding's tone of voice sounded a little tired. It seemed like he was in for a hard time today.

”It's me, Uncle Ding. Lu Xiaochuan of Task Force.” I said politely.

”Ah?” Oh, so it's Little Chuan. Ai, I've been busy all day, have you eaten? ”

I smiled in my heart, but was quite touched. Director Ding was not bad, I said: ”I've already eaten, please do me a favor!”

”Say, all the police in our Yongan city will cooperate with you in your work!” Director Ding said resolutely.

I heaved a sigh of relief and said, ”We suspect that the culprit was a worker on the construction site, so I wanted to go to the Construction Bureau to check up on the information of the construction company that was responsible for building Lotus Stadium. However, it's time to get off work now.”

”Have you found it?” ”So fast!” The Director Ding was very excited and said: ”Don't worry, at most 20 minutes, I will have the Construction Bureau's people wait for you inside the unit.”

After Director Ding finished speaking, he immediately hung up. I rubbed my stomach that was already starved to death, then said to Liao Mengfann: ”We have 20 minutes to rest, why don't we go eat?” I pointed to the entrance of the Public Security Bureau, where I saw the Yunnan Crossing Rice Line.

She nodded and we walked side by side. I noticed that Liao Mengfann's expression was a little disappointed, so I asked: ”What's wrong? Are you unhappy that I called you that? ”

”Ha!” She smiled and said, ”That's not what I meant. I feel that it would be very sad if this case were to be exposed by us.”

”Grief?” I subconsciously held her hand. I saw a complicated look in her eyes, but she didn't struggle free. I was a little pleased and comforted her, ”It's said that women are emotional creatures. I finally got to see it today.”

”Ha ha!” She forced a smile and said, ”There is a secret story behind every case. Actually, deep in the heart of the murderer, there is also a trace of conscience.”

We sat across from each other at the table in the Rice Noodle Shop. I helped her open a bottle of Minnesota and handed it to her. ”No matter what the reason is, no matter how kind the murderer was before, killing him is still murder. Since they chose this path, it doesn't deserve our sympathy.”

Liao Mengfann took a light sip of the drink, and helped me pour a cup. ”You're really suitable to be a police officer!”

”Ha!” I smiled playfully and shook the cup in my hand. ”Actually, you're suitable to be a writer!”

I thought that Liao Mengfann would tease me, but who would have thought that she stroked her black hair with one hand and turned her head towards the window, looking at the traffic outside, she said softly: ”If I don't become a police officer, what else can I do?”