The streets of the old city will become lively from noon, and all kinds of vendors are scattered in every corner of the street like stars in the sky.

Xia Lan and Bao Youliang came to the downstairs of Liu Qiao's house. This is the most classic tube building in Mengshan City, with four households on one staircase, and the stairs are steps, with a total of seven floors.

Looking at the dilapidated building in front of her that was comparable to a crime scene, Xia Lan suddenly had a bad feeling.

Liu Qiao's family situation is very poor. His wife Wei Li is a Chinese teacher at a nearby private primary school, and his daughter is in primary school.

Excluding the expenses of their daughter Liu Qiaoyue, the income of the two of them can only be said to be barely enough to survive in the prosperous city of Mengshan City.

With such a family and such an ordinary driver, what secrets could he have that would be worthy of being tortured to extract a confession?

Liu Qiao's body was covered with injuries, and his teeth and nails were gone. Xia Lan thought that the murderer had not yet asked the answer he wanted to know.

So what kind of secret could Liu Qiao not tell until his death?

There is another explanation. The murderer found the wrong person. They thought Liu Qiao knew about it, but Liu Qiao didn't know at all.

While thinking, Xia Lan and Bao Youliang had already arrived at the door of Liu Qiao's house.

Today is Sunday, and as a teacher, Wei Li should naturally be at home.

The walls of the building were in dilapidated condition, and the sound insulation effect was naturally not very good. Xia Lan could faintly hear faint movements in the house.

Bao Youliang knocked on the door, and the movement in the room stopped instantly.

Bao Youliang frowned and knocked on the door again. Still no one responded. He shouted: "Police, Wei Li, we know you are at home."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was movement in the room again.

After a while, the door was slowly opened, only half way, revealing a woman's head.

"Is something wrong?" the woman asked softly.

The two of them had seen Wei Li's ID photo before coming here, and the woman in front of them was none other than Wei Li.

At this moment, Wei Li's face was flushed, and there was a particularly obvious hickey on her exposed neck.

"We have some questions to ask you about your husband," Bao Youliang said.

Wei Li rolled her eyes and said, "Wait a moment! I have something to do now..."

Before Wei Li finished speaking, the door was suddenly opened, and then a man wrapped in a dark blue down jacket walked out with his head lowered and his face covered.

The man's hair is gray and white, and the skin on the back of his hands is wrinkled. You can tell at a glance that he is old.

Xia Lan sneered contemptuously, stepped aside to let the old man walk out of the room.

After the man walked out of the house, he quickened his pace and ran away. Xia Lan looked at Wei Li, "You should have time now, right?"

Xia Lan's attention had been attracted by the old man just now, and then she saw Wei Li in person.

The Wei Li in front of her had short hair that only covered the back of her neck. Her hair was black and shiny and looked extremely silky.

I don’t know if it’s because of the makeup, but in terms of looks, among women in their 30s, Wei Li is definitely comparable to the rich wives Xia Lan has seen.

She wore a black lace nightgown. Under the nightgown was a pair of beautiful legs wrapped in black stockings. Although the length was average, they were extremely delicate.

Sexy and mature!

Xia Lan glanced at Bao Youliang beside him. At some point, his eyes had fallen on the floor of the corridor.

"Come in! I'm going to put on some clothes." After saying that, Wei Li turned around and walked into the room.

Xia Lan and Bao Youliang walked into the room. The room was not big, and various furniture made the room even smaller.

Even the coffee table was half occupied by various things. There was an ashtray filled with cigarette butts on the edge of the coffee table.

As soon as the two sat on the sofa, Wei Li came out. She wore a set of densely fluffy pajamas, sat on the single sofa and looked at Xia Lan.

"What's wrong with my husband?" Wei Li asked, without any excited expression on her face. It seemed that she didn't know that Liu Qiaohe had been killed.

Xia Lan looked at Wei Li carefully and asked, "Does your husband know you are like this?" without answering her question directly.

Wei Li's right eyebrow raised. She looked at Xia Lan's eyes and paused for a few seconds, then picked up a cigarette from the coffee table.

Wei Li crossed her legs, exposing her ankles wrapped in black stockings, lit a cigarette, and asked in a cold voice, "Is this illegal?"

Xia Lan could only say that if it were a man asking questions, he would definitely be disrupted by her coquettish attitude.

It's a pity that Xia Lan is a woman.

Xia Lan smiled and said, "It's not illegal, I'm just asking." Xia Lan reached out and made a gesture of holding a cigarette, "Do you usually like to smoke?"

Wei Li stared at Xia Lan curiously, "Aren't you here to ask about my husband? Does it have anything to do with my smoking?"

"It does matter." Xia Lan replied immediately, her eyes very firm.

Wei Li said: "I smoke occasionally."

"Where's Liu Qiao? Is he a good smoker?" Xia Lan asked again.

Wei Li curled her lips impatiently, "He doesn't smoke."

Xia Lan felt that the time had come. She asked: "Liu Qiao has been missing for two days, why didn't he call the police?"

"Missing?" Wei Li sneered, "He said the night before yesterday that he had picked up a long-distance trip and it would take him three days to come back. Does this count as missing?"

"You are a couple, why haven't you made a single phone call in the past two days?" Xia Lan asked.

"Officer." Wei Li looked at Xia Lan carefully and teased, "We are an old married couple. There is no need to talk on the phone every day like you young people, right?"

"Liu Qiao is dead." Xia Lan spoke very fast, almost continuing what Wei Li said.

At this moment, the mocking expression on Wei Li's face disappeared. She paused for a second and asked coldly: "Who killed him?"

"We haven't found out yet." Xia Lan was very satisfied with Wei Li's performance. It could be seen from her pause that she was not the murderer. "I wanted to ask you if he has any enemies."

"No." Wei Li answered quickly. She seemed to feel that her answer was too abrupt, and added: "Our Liu Qiao has a very good temper. He would rather suffer losses than make grudges with others."

"Can you tell me your whereabouts in the past two days?" Even if it was confirmed that Wei Li was not the murderer, her weirdness made Xia Lan very suspicious.

Wei Li didn't have any overreaction and quickly told her whereabouts over the past two days.

She was in school the day before yesterday and picked up her children after get off work. Yesterday she sent her children to a cram school. She also had a cram school on Saturday and taught students all day long.

There are many time witnesses, so there is no need for investigation.

"It's getting late, we have to go elsewhere to investigate." Xia Lan stood up as he spoke, "If we make any new discoveries, we will contact you as soon as possible."

After that, Xia Lan walked towards the door. When she came to the door, she suddenly turned back and looked at Wei Li.

At this moment, Wei Li was still sitting on the sofa in her original position, with her back to the door.

Not even seeing him off? Xia Lan sneered in her heart.

"By the way." Xia Lan said, "Smoking less, smoking too much is bad for your health."

The door was closed, and Wei Li, who was sitting on the sofa, moved her head with difficulty and looked at the ashtray on the coffee table, a trace of panic flashing in her eyes.

After leaving Wei Li's Tongzilou, Xia Lan's face immediately turned serious, "This woman has a big problem. Find someone to keep an eye on her and ask Wang Lan to check the identity of the old man just now."

Wei Li said that she didn't usually smoke much, and Liu Qiao didn't smoke, but the ashtray was filled with cigarette butts of the same brand.

This brand is also the same as the brand of cigarettes in Wei Li's hand.

It can be seen that Wei Li was smoking a lot in the two days after Liu Qiao disappeared, and she was obviously very worried.

Speaking of smoking, since Wei Li doesn't usually smoke, she lit up a cigarette when Xia Lan asked about the old man, which proved that the old man made her nervous.

The series of actions of picking up a cigarette, lighting it, and smoking gave her more than ten seconds of thinking time.

You know, Wei Li only paused for a second when she heard that Liu Qiao was dead.

When Wei Li heard that Liu Qiao was dead, she directly asked who killed him. If he was a normal person, he would at least ask how he died.

Combined with Wei Li's words, it can be seen that Liu Qiao told Wei Li the night before yesterday that he was going to do something that would endanger his life.

That's why Wei Li instinctively thought Liu Qiao was killed.

There is another problem that Xia Lan is not sure about herself, that is, Wei Li got dressed too quickly. As soon as the two of them sat on the sofa, she came out with her clothes on.

This feeling gave Xia Lan a feeling that there was something in the living room, and it was something that could not be discovered by the police.

After finishing her inference in one breath, Xia Lan looked at Bao Youliang beside her, who was staring at her dumbfounded.

Xia Lan blinked, "What's wrong?"

Bao Youliang shook his head and grinned, "For a moment just now, I felt like Sun Yu was talking to me."

Xia Lan turned her head away in embarrassment. For her, this was undoubtedly the greatest compliment.

What she just used was the observation method and problem-finding method that Sun Yu once taught her.

But what Bao Youliang didn't know was that in just a short while, Xia Lan felt that she was almost exhausted.

Observation is only a link; more importantly, everything observed is connected in an orderly manner.

It wasn't until this moment that Xia Lan could fully appreciate Sun Yu's power.
Chapter completed!