Chapter 94: Home
When Chi Xia returned to the police station from the high-speed rail station, Luo Xun and Lin Wenjue had already arrived and were discussing Zhou Wanrou's situation.
Lin Wenjue exchanged a few words with her about Lin Cuo, and Luo Xun listened on the side. After they finished talking, he said, "Chi Xia, come here. I'll tell you about what happened yesterday."
Chi Xia immediately became interested.
Luo Xun handed her Zhou Wanrou's information: "Zhou Wanrou, female, 34 years old. When Zhou Wanrou was 15 years old, her father Zhou Ximing died of illness. Since then, she has been dependent on her mother Zheng Lanshu. She graduated from Linhai University with a major in hotel management. Seven years ago, Zhou Wanrou married her husband Pei Xinlu. In the third year of their marriage, they gave birth to a son named Pei Xi."
Chi Xia looked at Zhou Wanrou's information, and Luo Xun handed over another one: "Her husband Pei Xinlu's information is also here. He and Zhou Wanrou are schoolmates. They graduated from Linhai University with a major in foreign trade. The two started their own business the year after graduation. Although they failed once in the middle, judging from the current situation, the company's performance is not bad."
After reading the two documents, Chi Xia looked up at Luo Xun: "I remember Captain Lu said that Zhou Wanrou's mother has Alzheimer's disease, right?"
"Yes." Luo Xun nodded: "Two years ago, Zhou Wanrou sent him to a sanatorium called Zhi'an."
"Zhi'an Sanatorium..."
Chi Xia muttered: "It is considered a high-end nursing home in Dongzhou. Captain Luo, when we went to Zhou Wanrou's house yesterday at noon, the neighbors told us that the family went out to travel..."
"I checked Pei Xinlu's itinerary and found no clues that he had left Dongzhou recently. He is most likely still in Dongzhou."
Chi Xia paused for a few seconds and said, "Generally speaking, the death of a wife in a family is usually closely related to her husband. "
"For now, Pei Xinlu is indeed our first suspect."
As soon as Luo Xun finished speaking, Cao Bin and Juanmao also stepped into the office.
"Just right."
Luo Xun waved his hand: "If everyone is here, I will arrange today's work. Lao Lin, you will be responsible for checking Zhou Wanrou's social relationships and trying to get as many clues as possible. Chi Xia and I will go to Zhou Wanrou's home and visit her mother in the nursing home."
"Then I'll go with Juan'er."
Lin Wenjue nodded: "Lao Cao will be responsible for finding Pei Xinlu's whereabouts. We have to find this man first. My wife has been missing for three months. I don't believe that this man doesn't know anything."
Luo Xun nodded: "No objection?"
Cao Bin raised his hand weakly: "I don't have any opinions, but Boss, I have a question..."
Luo Xun frowned and glanced at him: "What's your question?"
"Why do you always let Xiao Xia be in the same group with you..."
Cao Bin said as he hid behind Lin Wenjue: "Give everyone a chance, don't you think? It's not tiring to work with men and women. No wonder you are so energetic every day..."
Luo Xun was stunned for a few seconds, and tilted his head in confusion: "I have it?"
Except for Chi Xia, the remaining three people said in unison: "You don't have it?"
Luo Xun thought about it seriously and looked at Chi Xia: "Then do you want to team up with them?"
Chi Xia looked at Lin Wenjue and the others with a bright smile, but her words were extremely heartbreaking: "Captain Luo and I are used to it."
Cao Bin sighed deeply, looking distressed: "Xiao Xia, have you forgotten that this man wanted to put you in the publicity department? Have you forgotten?"
"I haven't forgotten." Chi Xia smiled again: "I remember it."
Lin Wenjue laughed with gloating: "Captain Luo, let me ask you, do you regret it now?"
Captain Luo's face became hot under everyone's gaze, and even a flush appeared on the base of his neck. He avoided everyone's gaze with a complicated expression, but met Chi Xia's half-smile.
Luo Xun felt his eyelids getting hot, but he still pretended to be calm: "Well... I admit it, I admit that it was that, well, Chi Xia, do you want to be in a group with me?"
Chi Xia suppressed her laughter and nodded: "Yes."
Lin Wenjue found it even funnier when he saw his good friend's eyes light up when he heard Chi Xia's answer.
He knew that he had the responsibility to help him out, so he put his arm around Cao Bin's shoulders and turned around: "Alright, look how nervous our Luo team is. What do they call this? This is called a veteran leading a new recruit. Can you lead our Xiao Xia?"
Cao Bin chuckled: "That's a bit impossible..."
Curly saw the two of them go out, and grinned at Luo Xun and Chi Xia: "Boss, Xiao Xia, I think your group is very good, really very good, I support you, come on!
As they left, Luo Xun glanced at Chi Xia, his Adam's apple moving slightly: "Then...then shall we leave too?"
"good."
Chi Xia walked out with him, feeling his gaze on her: "Captain Luo, at first you didn't want me to stay in the task force because you didn't want me to be like you, here..."
She glanced at Luo Xun and pointed to her back: "Will I be the same as you in the future?"
"Guess." Luo Xun concealed a smile and quickened his pace to distance himself from her.
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The two quickly arrived at the residential area where Zhou Wanrou lived and confirmed that the deceased was Zhou Wanrou, so it was natural for them to investigate on site.
After Luo Xun showed his police officer ID, the property management quickly began to contact the owner. It was not until this time that Chi Xia and Luo Xun learned that the owner of Zhou Wanrou's house was Zhou Wanrou, not Pei Xinlu.
Chi Xia checked it out and whispered to Luo Xun: "This house was bought when Zhou Wanrou and Pei Xinlu got married. The location is very good and the market value has increased a lot."
As soon as they finished speaking, the property management told them apologetically: "Officers, I'm sorry, we can't contact the owner based on the contact information he left."
"We understand that we can't contact Zhou Wanrou, but we can't contact Pei Xinlu either?" Luo Xun asked.
The property staff nodded: "Yes, the other party shows that it is turned off."
"Do you have the contact information of other people in his family?" Chi Xia came over and asked.
The property manager shook his head: "No..."
"Then how about this..."
Luo Xun knocked on the table: "Please help me check their property fee payment status for the past three months."
Chi Xia immediately understood: "I'll contact the water and electricity company."
Soon, the property management team got the result. The other party said, "Officer, the backend shows that the owner of Building 2, Room 908, has not paid the property management fee for four months. And we have shown here that we have called to remind him in the past two months."
Luo Xun asked: "What time is it?"
The property management took a look and said, "They are April 12 and May 12 respectively."
"Have you contacted the other party?" Luo Xun asked again.
"According to what is shown here, we were able to contact the other party both times," the property management replied.
Chi Xia just came back and said, "Captain Luo, the water and electricity bills are all paid normally. The automatic deduction service should be adopted. I checked and the owner of the bank card for deduction is Zhou Wanrou, and... Zhou Wanrou's family has not used a lot of water and electricity recently."
Luo Xun informed her of the situation at the property management office, and his expression became slightly serious: "Chi Xia, we have to go into Zhou Wanrou's house to take a look."
After communicating with the property management, Luo Xun and Chi Xia quickly entered Zhou Wanrou's home.
As soon as she entered the door, Chi Xia smelled a familiar scent, which was the scent she smelled every time she returned to the villa in the past few years.
A faint smell of mold, dust, and lack of popularity.
They put on foot covers and gloves at the door, and Chi Xia said, "Captain Luo, it looks like no one has lived in this house for a while."
"Yes." Luo Xun stepped in and stood at the entrance to observe the entire room: "There is no human smell in this house, and..."
He raised his arm and lightly wiped the key cabinet with his fingertips, wiping off the dust on his gloves. He took a look and said, "No one has lived here for at least a month."
The two walked to the living room and found an opened bottle of beer on the coffee table. Luo Xun walked over, picked up the bottle and shook it: "I only drank half of it."
He leaned over and found a few unopened bottles of beer in the gap between the coffee table and the sofa.
Chi Xia walked to the dining table and found two red wine glasses and a bottle of red wine on the table.
"The red wine is unopened." Chi Xia said, looking at Luo Xun: "Captain Luo, I think we need our colleagues from the trace inspection department to come over."
Luo Xun came over: "Two red wine glasses, but the red wine is not opened. There is a half-drunk bottle of beer on the coffee table. It's quite interesting."
"The two red wine glasses mean that two people wanted to drink the bottle of red wine, but for some reason, perhaps the other person didn't show up, so the remaining person thought it was boring and drank beer instead, but only drank half of the beer. Something must have happened at that time that caused the other person to not finish the bottle of beer."
Chi Xia said this and walked towards the master bedroom of the house, and Luo Xun followed closely.
"The sheets and pillows don't have any wrinkles from sleeping." Chi Xia leaned over and touched the bed: "Captain Luo, the most likely possibility is that the sheets and pillows were replaced with new ones."
"Late summer."
Luo Xun walked out and came back: "It's possible that what was replaced in this house was more than just the sheets and pillows in this bedroom."
