love, just one word

The two came to the Folklore History Museum that Xiao Lancao said. Its building appearance is somewhat similar to that of a police station, but it is older. There are a few palm trees near the house, shaded by greenery. Although it is hot summer, it still gives people a cool feeling .

As they approached, Xiao Ran smelled the fragrance of flowers. There was a small flower bed next to the house. Xiao Wei squatted in the flowers and grass and talked. When she heard footsteps, she stood up.

"Xiao Wei, who are you talking to?" Xiao Lancao asked, Xiao Wei pointed to a colorful bird on the fence, like the one he had seen in the restaurant before.

The little bird flapped its wings and flew away, and Xiao Wei called out, "Don't leave, we haven't finished talking yet."

When she finished speaking, the little bird had already flown out of sight. She reluctantly looked at the direction the little bird was flying away and said, "It's so beautiful."

"Yeah, you often play with it recently?"

"No, it's also the first time I saw it at Grandmother Witch. You are here to find Grandmother? She is not in a good mood today."

"She's never in a good mood, she's used to it."

Xiao Lancao walked in while talking, and Xiaowei stuck out her tongue and followed behind.

There is not enough light in the house, it is a bit dark, the air smells like a second-hand bookstore, and there are various items placed against the wall, from ordinary hoe plows to wooden bowls and tubs, and some supplies that Xiao Ran can’t name , he guessed that these were things that the islanders used to use.

An old woman in her 70s was reading a book at the desk. When she heard the voice, she raised her eyelids and looked through reading glasses.

Xiao Wei leaned over and said, "Grandma, there are new tourists on the island today."

She pointed at Xiao Ran, and the witch's eyes fell on the handcuffs connecting the two, then looked at Xiao Lancao, and said bluntly: "You are not welcome here."

"Grandma!"

Xiao Wei shook the witch's arm, Xiao Lancao smiled, his expression proved that he was used to this kind of "courteous treatment" long ago.

Xiao Ran had no choice but to stand out and said: "I am very interested in the folk customs and customs of the island, and I want to observe it, can I?"

The mother-in-law's gaze behind the glasses was sharp, but after looking at Xiao Ran for a while, her expression softened, and she said, "He has good features and a dignified appearance. You are not a bad person. You were framed, right?"

Xiao Lancao said with a smile: "Grandma, you are really well informed."

Snapped!The witch took a picture of the mobile phone on the table, Xiao Lancao got bored, touched her nose and stopped talking.

The witch asked Xiao Ran. "You've been wronged now. If you're not in a hurry to clear your name, why do you want to see folk history?"

"There are police officers for such things as getting cleared of charges. It's not easy for me to ask for leave to play once. I don't want to stop playing because of this kind of thing."

"Look around, you, go out."

The witch pointed at Xiao Lancao, Xiao Lancao didn't speak, but raised her hand, Xiao Ran could only say: "The handcuffs can't be removed, this is a rule, please accommodate me."

Xiao Wei also begged for mercy, the witch was so noisy by her, she waved her hand and let them look at it casually.

Xiao Ran winked at Xiao Lancao, and went to the shelf to pretend to be watching. Xiao Wei also wanted to follow, but the witch stopped her and asked her to help organize things.

The two pretended to look at it for a while, and then went to the inner room, where there were mainly historical photos of the island, from black and white photos to current color photos, with text explanations next to them, and bound books and photo albums on the shelves. Arranged in chronological order, the oldest is more than 200 years ago.

There is also a genealogy of the residents at the back. Xiao Ran took it out and looked it up for a while, and found the surname Huang. He said, "It turns out that the owner of the restaurant is an aborigine."

"That was a long time ago. I heard that the Huang family moved out of Emerald Island very early. At that time, Huang Yao was only in his teens. When he came back and built a restaurant to attract tourists, he was almost forty. There were no more people on the island. The surname is Huang."

Xiao Ran thought that Xiao Lancao must have collected a lot of information after coming to the island for a week, so he asked in a low voice, "Do you doubt him?"

"When Chang An came to the island for the first time, he had frequent contact with Xiaowei, and when he came for the second time, he went to chat with her specially."

But Xiao Wei has a problem with IQ. If Huang Yao loves his daughter dearly and thinks that Chang An is plotting against Xiao Wei, then he will have a motive to kill. Judging by his attitude towards his wife, he is a very possessive person, so there is a possibility of doing this very big.

"I asked Lao Bai to investigate the resumes of Huang Yao and his wife before they came to the island. Their family is quite rich, but they are all responsible businessmen. They have opened restaurants and done tourism, and found no problems.

"Where's his wife?"

"The proprietress's parents passed away very early. She lived with relatives for a few years and started working after high school. She had almost no friends and lost contact with relatives. After marrying Huang Yao, she helped him manage the restaurant. Later, They closed the shop and went back to the island to open a new restaurant.”

Xiao Ran listened to Xiao Lancao's narration while looking at the genealogy. The royal family was not prosperous, plus those who died young, in Huang Yao's generation, there was only him, a cousin and a cousin. Marriage, Huang Yao's name is followed by Huang Xiaowei, but Huang Xiaowei has a problem with IQ, so it may be difficult to get married.

Xiao Lancao leaned into his ear and whispered, "No wonder the residents on the island say that the royal family is cursed. Looking at the genealogy, it's true."

"They didn't say why?"

"I asked, but no one is willing to tell." Xiao Ran put the genealogy back, and there was a bound book next to it, which was written as a collection of folk songs. He took it out and opened it, but there were photos of the scenery and people on the island, most of which were in black and white. He saw After a few pages, I found that there was a blank page in the middle, and when I turned it back, it was very complete. The two looked at each other and guessed the possibility.

"After get off work, if you still want to watch it, come back tomorrow."

The voice of a witch came from outside, Xiao Lancao hurriedly took out her mobile phone and took pictures of the other blank pages. As soon as Xiao Ran put the collected works back on the shelf, the witch came in and looked at them suspiciously.

"Didn't steal anything?"

"With me watching, I promise there will be no problems."

"I'm not suspicious of him, I'm suspicious of you, walk around, I'm going to close the door."

The witch chased them away like a fly, the two hurried out, Xiao Wei had already left, Xiao Ran asked Xiao Lancao.

"Did you offend her?"

"No, she just doesn't like me. Fortunately, I have you today, otherwise I wouldn't be able to get in at all."

"So after a while someone was using me."

Xiao Ran raised his wrist, Xiao Lancao didn't feel guilty at all, and said with a smile: "Usually I'm used to being the center of attention, occasionally I meet one or two people who don't like me, it's quite interesting, probably because I'm too good, Put them to shame."

Xiao Ran was speechless, he thought that the word modesty would never exist in a lover's dictionary.

He remained calm and asked for Xiao Lancao's cell phone, and looked at the photos he took. The other photos on that page were of beach scenery, and there were also group photos of some residents. The time of shooting is recorded below, which was 35 years ago. Middle-aged people may have passed away by now.

"Could it be that Chang An took the blank one? He discovered the problem and stole the photo to confirm it on land, so he probably wanted to have a showdown with the person involved when he came back the second time."

"What could it be? Even if information about a murder is revealed in the photo, so many years have passed, and the person involved will not be affected."

"But on this reputation-conscious island, reputation is more important than the law."

"Anyway, Chang An is dead. Even if there are photos, they must have been destroyed by the murderer... Wait, this seems to be a witch?"

Xiao Lancao stopped, pointed to the person in the photo and said, Xiao Ran took a closer look, the camera was a little far away, the face was not clearly shown, the woman standing in the middle looked a bit like a witch, but it was hard to be sure.

"If it was her, it would be easy. These photos may have been taken at the same time. Ask her who else was there at that time, maybe she will remember."

"35 years ago, are you sure she can remember?"

"She looks very shrewd now, she must have a good memory, Xiao Ran, I leave this matter to you, she has a crush on you, you can ask."

Xiao Ran didn't speak, but glanced at him, Xiao Lancao said: "Don't look at me so affectionately, I can't help but kiss you."

Who is full of love, his current behavior is called glaring, Xiao Ran has nothing to do with such a lover, so he nodded and agreed.

Xiao Lancao leaned over and kissed Xiao Ran's face, said with a smile: "This is a reward, it's done, I'll give the prize on the bed."

"It's outside, don't do that."

"It's okay, I've checked, there is no one within 100 meters, um, not even animals."

Xiao Ran was speechless again, and reminded: "Just don't forget about the jewelry case."

"How could it be? Your business is my business, and we will take on big things together."

Xiao Lancao clenched his free hand into a fist, made an oath, looked at his serious face, Xiao Ran didn't have the nerve to hit him - they were just investigating a case, don't make it look like they are living and dying together of.

The two passed the beach on the way back to the hotel. It was the time when the sun was setting. There were many people resting and hanging out on the beach. The elderly group was playing volleyball on the beach. In the distance were the laughter of young men and women, and couples were walking on the sea. , Xiao Ran looked around, but didn't see the drunkard Zhang, but saw Zhu Zhenzhen and his wife, they were walking arm in arm looking at the sea.

In addition to these acquaintances, there are also some tourists who stayed earlier, everyone has a smile on their face, immersed in the amusement, if there is a criminal here, Xiao Ran thinks his acting skills must be very good.

"Where did you go to play?"



Someone greeted them, Xiao Ran turned his head and saw that it was Granny Zhang, she changed into a small floral dress, and sat on a folding chair knitting a sweater.

Xiao Lancao walked over and asked, "Mother-in-law, why didn't you play ball?"

"Oh, what I hate the most in my life is exercise. I don't sit when I can lie down, and I don't stand when I can sit. So it's best to watch everyone play."

After a while, a large piece of Granny Zhang's sweater was woven, with flower buds on it. Xiao Lancao thought that with this speed, she could knit a complete sweater this holiday.

"We're not here to play," he pointed at Xiao Ran, and said, "I'm investigating his problem."

"This kid looks like a good person at first glance. It's rare to come on vacation, so don't make things difficult for him."

"It's hard to say whether a person is a good person or not. From my experience, the more a person looks like a good person, the more problematic he is."

"You, you must have read too many detective novels," Granny Zhang knits a sweater, and suddenly lowers her voice, "I heard them arguing."

She pointed to the distance with a sweater needle, Xiao Lancao looked over, she was talking about Zhu Zhenzhen and his wife, and asked, "Where did you hear that?"

"Guest room, Lao Wang and I... that's the old lady who was on the boat with me. We shared a room. When we were packing our luggage, we heard a loud noise next door. It’s nothing to look for, anyway, he kept talking about the ring, he said that the wife threw the ring in the kid’s pocket to fish, he was lying, he must have done it himself.”

"How do you know?"

"Intuition, don't underestimate a woman's intuition, he must have a lover here, he didn't really want to bring his wife to play, but to meet his lover, so he didn't want his lover to see the engagement ring, so he threw the child's pocket , Who would have thought that it would be self-defeating, his wife would care so much about the ring, and everyone on the island would know about it, so he had to appease his wife first, so that he would have time to find a lover."

"Hmm... the suspect you mentioned not long ago doesn't seem to be him."

"That was then, and now is now. After listening to the quarrel between the couple, I think my husband is more like a suspect."

Xiao Ran thinks of Wang Wei flirting with the waiter in the hotel, it is reasonable for Granny Zhang to think so, but now Wang Wei and Zhu Zhenzhen are very intimate in their interaction, in the eyes of outsiders, they are a couple with a happy life.

Noticing his gaze, Granny Zhang smiled slyly.

"Believe me, young man, every couple is an Oscar winner and actress. You can never know what they are like behind the scenes just by looking at them."

Xiao Lancao also smiled and said: "If it's really him, then don't investigate this case, and turn the big thing into a small one."

"Yeah, yeah, don't let good people take the blame."

Xiao Lancao thanked Granny Zhang and walked towards the restaurant, Xiao Ran whispered, "Do you want to check her?"

"Check who?"

"Grandma."

"She's so old, if she stole something, you, the chief of the criminal investigation department, wouldn't be able to find out? Or do you think she would be interested in the jewelry that leaked out?"

"I'm just looking at every possibility, so everyone on board is a suspect."

"Well, let me check then."

"No, I thought of a way to investigate them."

Xiao Lancao looked at Xiao Ran, Xiao Ran had a calm expression, but he guessed what Xiao Ran was planning, narrowed his eyes and smiled.

"It's been a long time since I investigated the case together with you, so it's the old rule, let's see who solves the case first this time, the loser..."

"under……"

"I've been down here all the time, and I just like it when you fuck me."

Xiao Ran crossed his eyebrows and looked over, Xiao Lancao smiled and didn't care at all, so Xiao Ran had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​educating him, and said: "Go downstairs to work, tell me how long you haven't cleaned the downstairs room, it's all I'm doing it, it doesn't matter if I do it, but what's the matter if I make trouble with your front foot and your back foot, you did it on purpose, right? And..."

Xiao Ran's words stopped halfway, because he saw his lover covering his ears with his hands, shaking his head from side to side like a pendulum, strongly implying - I won't listen, I won't listen, I won't listen.

Xiao Ran's hand was also driven up, and he couldn't help but sigh.

"You, when life can be as powerful as investigating cases, I won't always feel that my lover is a pet.