Chapter 41: Empty number?
"Haha, why are you so mean? Are you going to let me sleep?"
The girl's hearty laughter echoed throughout the soft sleeper car. She was lying on the upper bunk and kept moving her legs, because next to her bunk, a chubby girl of the same age as her was constantly tickling the soles of her feet with her hands.
"You are so bad, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to find a boyfriend?" the girl asked.
"What are you afraid of? Do you know the popular female machos?" The fat girl stretched out her fist and said proudly, "I can kill Trojans and beat hooligans. I can play games and tell dirty jokes. There will always be blind people who like me."
"You're so funny." The girl laughed.
"Hey, you're so beautiful. What will you do if your boyfriend doesn't treat you well in the future?" The fat girl has a strong sense of crisis.
"What can I do? Let's break up." When the girl spoke, her eyes were obviously a little lonely.
"Don't worry." The fat girl patted the other's legs under the quilt and said carelessly: "If your boyfriend treats you badly in the future, tell me and I will definitely burn him to death for you!"
"No!" The girl stood up and grabbed the man's hand, saying worriedly, "Murder is against the law."
"That's what I said." The fat girl smiled and just heard the sound of selling dinner behind her. She immediately said, "Miss, just lie down. I will cook the pearl jade noodles for you now."
"Okay." The girl agreed with a smile.
Looking at her companion humming a little tune and holding instant noodles, she couldn't help but laugh , then lay on the bed and began to wait, but five minutes passed and her companion had not come back yet. However, the bunk was only a few steps away from the water tank, so there was no reason to wait so long.
Soon she felt something was wrong and hurriedly put on her coat and prepared to look for her companions.
"Quick! Those in the dining car, bring the fire extinguisher, and the driver, stop the car immediately, car 5 is on fire!"
As the girl was walking out of the door, she saw a conductor in uniform running towards her in a hurry, while he kept yelling into the walkie-talkie in his hand.
"On fire?" The girl subconsciously covered her nose as she walked out of the compartment. She was very uncomfortable with the burnt smell in the air, and she also found that the end of the compartment was full of people.
"Give way!"
Before she could ask any questions, she saw the crowd suddenly disperse, and two tall conductors were carrying a stretcher covered with white cloth and walking towards her. The stretcher, which was originally covered tightly, was shaking due to the unstable train, revealing the burnt and deformed palms.
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"You know that it's impolite to peep at someone sleeping, right?" When Wang Zheng woke up in a daze, he saw Gu Xia and the other two looking at him from a very close distance. Wuyou felt a little depressed.
"Eight hours, just in line with his usual rest time." Huamei consciously stood a distance away, looked down at his watch to confirm the time, and then continued: "Now, tell me who you are and where you are."
"My name is Wang Zheng, and I'm on the train now." Wang Zheng rubbed his stiff neck with his hand, paused, and continued: "What are you guys talking about?"
"You're in good spirits." Huamei looked at Gu Xia and said.
"This is a good start." Gu Xia nodded and looked at Wang Zheng with a smile. "You fell asleep after reading the case, and it has been eight hours now. We were worried that something might happen to you, so we kept watching you."
Gao Feng stood aside, knowing that he could not get a word in, so he quickly handed a bottle of water to Wang Zheng. After the other party took it, he asked, "You kept shouting for water, water, are you thirsty?"
"No." Wang Zheng took the water bottle but did not twist it open. He was silent for a while before speaking: "Professor Gu, this case happened on a train. Do you want me to empathize with that train?"
"Of course that's impossible." Gu Xia said, "After the train accident, the scene was quickly cleaned up and put back into operation. Even if you were allowed to board the train, it would be of no use."
"Then why do we take so long to drive?" Wang Zheng stretched and expressed his confusion.
"Because there is a new murder case." Gu Xia sighed and said, "Not long after this case happened, a similar case happened in another place. Although the scene this time is very clear, there is a big doubt. This is why the higher-ups called us here."
Wang Zheng looked at Gu Xia quietly, then unscrewed the bottle cap, drank a sip of water, and waited for the other party to continue speaking.
"There was no fire source at the scene." Gu Xia's expression was very unpleasant. "From the investigation at the scene, there is no possibility of any fire source, because the deceased was burned to death while sleeping at home at night. What's more coincidental is that there was a water bucket just a few steps away from the deceased, and the water in the bucket was still full."
"Wait, wait!" Wang Zheng hurriedly swallowed the water and said, "You mean, the deceased suddenly caught fire while sleeping, and the fire was so big that he didn't even have time to save himself? How is this possible?"
"That's why we came here." Gu Xia rolled his eyes and said to Wang Zheng, "We will be in Minjiang City in half an hour. If you want to know why the deceased didn't save himself, you can go and ask the deceased yourself."
"This joke is not funny." Wang Zheng shook his head and turned to the window.
The train arrived at the station on time. Before the train even stopped, the police who had been waiting for a long time could be seen outside the window. After getting off the train, the task force did not delay for long. They immediately walked out of the station through a special passage with the police who came to pick them up and drove straight to the scene.
"What's the situation at the scene?" Gao Feng asked.
"I don't know." The police officer driving the car shook his head.
"Then why did you come to pick us up? Can't your director send someone who knows better?" Gao Feng said with a look of disgust.
"Brother, I went to the scene in person after receiving the call. I don't understand, so who do you think can understand?" The police officer said with a look of grievance: "After we entered the scene, it was pitch black. We even used flashlights and smells to identify the deceased!"
"Is there a power outage?" Wang Zheng quickly grabbed Gao Feng, who was about to get angry, and asked.
“No.” The police officer shook his head and just happened to hit a red light. He steadied the car and turned around and said in panic: “You don’t know, there was a problem when we received the call. After a man reported the address, we went downstairs in the community and called back, but the other end of the phone told us that the number was invalid.”
"No number?" Gao Feng was shocked and said quickly, "How can I call 110 with a no number? Are you kidding me?"
"Why would I lie to you!" The police officer looked around and said nervously, "Later we finally found the scene. When we got to the corridor, we smelled a strange smell and the door was not closed. After entering the room, we turned on the light but it didn't turn on. Guess what happened next?"
"Don't hold me!" Wang Zheng was just getting excited when he felt a sharp pain in his arm. He turned around and saw Gao Feng nervously holding his arm. After finally prying his hand away, he quickly asked, "What's going on?"
"The deceased's power switch was not turned on at all!" The police officer whispered, "One more thing, we saw the deceased's phone on the table, and the call records showed that the call was indeed made from that phone. We knew something was wrong, so we quickly took the phone and called the police, but the voice coming out was very strange!"
"Brother...brother, don't scare me!" At this moment Gao Feng's voice even trembled.
"What did they say on the phone?" Huamei also became interested and asked.
The police officer swallowed nervously and said in a trembling voice: "Hello..., your phone number is not a valid number!"
