love, just one word

In the morning Xiao Lancao was woken up by the doorbell ringing. As a loose person by nature, what he hated most was getting up early, but the people outside seemed to be competing with him, so the doorbell kept ringing.Being pushed against the waist, Xiao Ran reminded: "Go and open the door."

"you go."

"This is your guest room, it's so strange that I go like this."

Xiao Lancao raised his eyelids, finally remembered what happened last night, so he had no choice but to sit up.

The curtains were drawn, the room was very dark, and he could only vaguely see the two naked bodies. He sighed, picked up his pajamas and put them on, saw his appearance in the mirror, temporarily grabbed the large napkin on the table, and covered his face superior.

Outside the door was the proprietress, who suddenly saw a blank face appearing in the dark space, screamed in fright, covered her mouth with her hands, and took several steps back.

Xiao Lancao knew that it was his attire that frightened people, but it was better than seeing people with his unkempt face, so she stretched out her hands to cover the corners and floated

Get up the tissue and whisper, "It's me, Xiao Lancao."

"Xiao, Officer Xiao, why do you look like this?"

"Sorry, I didn't shave, I was afraid to scare you."

The proprietress recovered from her shock, and said with a smile, "Oh, you're thinking too much, a handsome guy is handsome no matter what he looks like."

"You came to find me..."

"Oh, something happened, it was the woman from yesterday, called..."

"Zhu Zhenzhen."

"Yes, Zhu Zhenzhen, she said that her husband was beaten last night by the person who stole his things. She is going to call the police. I know you are here, so I came here to find you."

"Been beaten?"

Xiao Lancao frowned, the proprietress sighed, and said, "I think she's a little nervous. Her husband also said the same, saying that she lacks love, so he always likes to find trouble. He secretly told me that he just got drunk and bumped his head. , but Zhu Zhenzhen clamored to call the police, and we couldn't stop it...could it really be that person..."

"No, I handcuffed him to the bathroom last night, and he didn't leave the room."

"you sure?"

"Sure, it's still in handcuffs."

Xiao Lancao talked nonsense, but the proprietress didn't doubt it, and said, "Why don't you go and have a look, she's making a lot of noise."

Xiao Lancao agreed and asked the proprietress to go back first. After she left, he closed the door and went back to the room.

Xiao Ran has already got up and is putting on his shirt, Xiao Lancao sighed: "I thought I could sleep late, but now it's a waste of time."

"We're not here for vacation, maybe something really happened, so pack up quickly."

When it came to the case, Xiao Ran's attitude became serious. Xiao Lancao thought about Chang An's case and the jewelry case. He didn't dare to relax. He quickly changed into his coat. Ran handcuffed his wrists.

"You're still addicted to playing."

Xiao Lancao smiled helplessly, Xiao Ran said: "To prove my innocence, I have to play enough."

"You didn't do what you should do, and you are innocent."

His chin was pinched, Xiao Ran bit his lips, and warned: "Don't swear."

Xiao Lancao raised his eyebrows, but he held back in order to avoid his lips being bitten.

The two came to Zhu Zhenzhen and his wife's guest room, surrounded by some onlookers at the door, Huang Yao and the proprietress were trying to persuade everyone to leave, seeing them coming, the proprietress hurriedly called Xiao Lancao in, Granny Zhang and her group friends were also there.A few people chirped and said that someone's belongings were stolen, you see the police are here, everyone must be careful about their pawn writing items, accessories, etc., and so on.

Xiao Lancao felt helpless at the rapid spread of rumors. When he entered the room, he saw the waitress who was chatting with Wang Wei yesterday. The waitress looked inside and found Xiao Lancao's gaze. In her reaction, Xiao Lancao guessed that she might know something.

Zhu Zhenzhen and his wife’s guest room was furnished the same as Xiao Lancao’s, bright and spacious. Wang Wei sat on the sofa with white gauze around his hair. Zhu Zhenzhen sat next to him and checked his head from time to time. He was very irritable. Every time he approached, he pushed him away.

It seemed that he was in a bad mood, and he didn't even bother to cover up the basics. Xiao Lancao expressed his incomprehension to his mentality - if he really asked for a wife, he would just get a divorce, why bother to get together.As a result, both were uncomfortable.

The proprietress whispered to Xiao Lancao that the doctor from the clinic came to see Wang Wei. He just had a lump on the back of his head and no bleeding. She suggested that Wang Wei take a film for a close examination, but Wang Wei refused.

Seeing Xiao Lancao coming, Zhu Zhenzhen left her husband and ran in front of him, pointing at Xiao Ran and was about to speak, Xiao Lancao rushed ahead of her and said, "It wasn't him, he was locked up at my place last night."

"Who else but him, my husband was beaten, he must have revenge on us..."

"Tell me what's going on, record the statement first, and then investigate."

Xiao Lancao sat across from Wang Wei, there was only a small chair opposite, so Xiao Ran had to sit cross-legged on the floor.

Wang Wei rubbed his head, frowned and said, "It's okay, don't listen to her nonsense, I was drunk and fell."

"The place where you lie is full of sand. If you fall, you can get a bag on your head? The police are here, don't dare to say it."

"I don't dare to say anything. If I say it's okay, it's okay. We are here to travel, so don't always look for trouble."

"Why do you ask me to look for trouble? I care about you!"

The two quarreled more and more fiercely, both the proprietress and Huang Yao looked helpless, Xiao Lancao asked them to go out first, and told the guests that it was all a misunderstanding, so don't worry, and invited Zhu Zhenzhen out by the way, Zhu Zhenzhen didn't want to leave, so the proprietress After persuading her, she also said to take her for a manicure, and she left.

The door of the guest room was closed, Xiao Lancao said to Wang Wei: "Now it's just you and me, just tell me what you have."

Wang Wei didn't speak, but raised his eyes to glance at Xiao Ran, Xiao Lancao said, "He's just a passerby, just treat him as invisible."

"It's okay, I just fell down, my wife made a fuss..."

"Did you go to meet your lover last night?"

Xiao Lancao said coldly, what he said, Wang Wei was shocked and looked at him blankly?

Xiao Lancao was just probing at first, because the waitress was very worried, not like the reaction of just acquaintance, but now Wang Wei's attitude also proves that his speculation is correct.

He sneered, "What did you say to come to the island with your wife to celebrate your wedding anniversary? In fact, it's just an excuse to have a private meeting with your lover."

Being exposed, Wang Wei smashed the jar and retorted: "Am I wrong? You have also seen that she is all kinds of neurotic, always making a lot of noise, it is embarrassing for her to act young at such an old age." ..."

"I'm not interested in your relationship, I just want to know what happened to you last night?"

Xiao Lancao's voice was cold, Wang Wei was overwhelmed by his aura, and asked, "You won't tell my wife about this, will you?"

"Are you afraid she will know?"

"The children are grown up, it's not good to spread this kind of thing..."

Wang Wei muttered a few words, seeing Xiao Lancao's expression, he had no choice but to tell the truth.

"I've known Xiaomei... that waiter in the hotel for a long time. She used to work as a salesperson in our company. Her family is on this island. Her mother was not in good health, so she came back. Later we contacted her. Invited me to play, but my wife insisted on following, and I couldn’t help it.”

"Yesterday, I made an appointment with Xiaomei. I went to find my wife while she was asleep. Before she arrived, I wandered around. There seemed to be a figure behind the rock. I thought it was Xiaomei. I ran over to look for her, but I was hit on the back of the head, and I passed out. I didn't wake up until my face was cold, and I saw the sea water on my face. If I didn't wake up in time, I would be drowned by the high tide gone."

"Then why do you say you fell it yourself?"

"Just like my wife, dare I tell the truth, when she questioned me, my date with Xiaomei was exposed. I guess it might be Xiaomei's boyfriend who called her. She said her parents introduced her to someone. , I hope she gets married as soon as possible, that man also works in the hotel, I saw him yesterday, he looked at me with terrible eyes, I guess he should know, and find a chance to teach me, so I dare not say anything."

Xiao Lancao remembered the waiter who was peeping at them yesterday. It turned out that they were not looking at him for being handsome, but Wang Wei and Xiaomei.

He asked, "What time did you leave?"

"It was around ten o'clock, and it was not until eleven o'clock. My wife has a slight insomnia. She is used to taking sleeping pills and sleeping. I waited for her to fall asleep before going out."

"Are you sure she's on her meds?"

"I'm sure, so it's impossible for her to hit me. If she knew, she wouldn't hit me from behind, but hit me from the front.

"What are you going to do next?"

"What else can I do? I'll be dumb, I wouldn't have come if I knew it, alas..."

Wang Wei said dejectedly that he didn't reflect on his behavior at all, but was annoyed that he didn't have a successful date. Xiao Lancao looked down on him, and asked him about the place of the date and his actions at that time in detail. Got it, come out of the guest room.

They met Zhu Zhenzhen on the first floor, and the proprietress was with her. She was not in the mood for manicures, and when she saw Xiao Lancao, she immediately ran over to ask about the situation.

Xiao Lancao was perfunctory and asked her to accompany Wang Wei to take a CT scan. After she left, the proprietress asked, "Are you really all right?"

"The person concerned said it's all right. I don't want to ask too many questions. I'll treat it as an accident. You also tell the waiter not to spread the word so that the guests won't worry."

"understand."

The two returned to the guest room, Xiao Lancao said: "Wang Wei should not have lied, I borrowed the bathroom from another guest room to take a bath last night, see

It was about ten forty when he came downstairs. "

"Use the bathroom to take a shower?"

"Didn't you occupy our bathroom? I had to borrow someone else's room, which is You Qian's room." Receiving Xiao Ran's displeased gaze, Xiao Lancao smiled and said, "He has another studio in the hotel. He draws When I got excited, I almost hid in the studio, I knew he was not there, so I went to borrow it.”

Xiao Ran looked down at his phone and ignored him. Xiao Lancao felt bored and nudged him lightly with his elbow.

"Jealous?"

"If I'm really jealous, I'll teach you a lesson in bed," Xiao Ran handed him the phone, "Xiao Ke wrote back, the fingerprints provided by Pineapple Boy and I couldn't find a criminal record in the fingerprint database."

"Oh, you also checked Yuqian by the way."

Seeing You Qian's file, Xiao Lancao said that Xiao Ran didn't feel guilty at all, and said: "He has lived on the island for a long time, and he said that he makes a living by painting, but he idles around every day. I suspect he has other means of making money. check."

"It's a pity that the family has money, which can be squandered by him, and his paintings are selling well, so he can support himself."

"So I asked Xiao Ke to investigate Mr. Yang. He is an investor and antique collector. He likes to be arty. He often buys things that seem useless. Apart from his poor brain, he has no other problems."

"It seems that things are more complicated than we imagined. What about Pineapple Boy, I haven't seen him all morning."

Xiao Ran called Gan Fengchi, and after the call was connected, Gan Fengchi complained, saying that You Qian was drunk last night, so he kept chatting with him, and the two chatted in the studio until midnight, which made him not sleep well, and woke up in the morning When I went out to inquire about the news, I ran into Xiaowei again, and now she was being pestered by Xiaowei, asking him to help catch the bird.

The sound of sea waves, seabirds' chirping, and occasional girls' laughter came from the other end of the phone. Xiao Wei was beside him, so Xiao Ran didn't say much. He simply mentioned the matter of Wang Wei being knocked out, and asked him to pay attention to the situation around him. .

After Xiao Ran finished speaking, Xiao Lancao asked for her mobile phone, "What kind of bird do you want to catch?"

"I don't know, it seems to be a very beautiful bird with rainbow-colored wings. Xiaowei said that she has never seen it on the island."

Xiao Lancao remembered the beautiful bird he saw yesterday, and he asked, "Are you familiar with Xiaowei?"

"Yeah, I don't know why, but I'm especially popular among middle-aged and older women and young girls."

"I admire your confidence, Pineapple."

"what?"

"Since Xiaowei is very mean to you, you should cooperate with her. Find an opportunity to find out what she has to say, see how much she knows about Chang An, and ask about the situation on the island by the way."

Gan Fengchi agreed, ended the call, Xiao Ran asked: "What are you going to do?"

"There are no surveillance cameras in the hotel, so we can only ask directly. You can go to the witch, or use the beauty trick. Ask her about the photos. I will go to the place where Wang Wei was beaten."

Xiao Lancao opened the handcuffs and sighed: "Although I don't want to be separated from you, but in this situation, it is more efficient to investigate separately."

"Then let's see who gets the information first."

"I won't lose!"

Xiao Lancao said provocatively, Xiao Ran was not as knowledgeable as him, and went out with a smile. When Xiao Lancao was about to leave, Lao Bai called.

The investigation of Zhu Zhenzhen and Wang Wei’s couple’s information came out. Zhu Zhenzhen’s family opened several fashion stores and was quite famous in the local area. Mei works in her own company. It should be that Xiaomei used to be a clerk in a fashion store. Wang Wei relies on his wife's natal family to support him, so of course he dare not tell him about his young lover.

It was people like Wang Wei who were talking about it, but he was only here to meet his lover privately, and he had no grievances or enmities with the people on Emerald Island. If Zhu Zhenzhen hadn't knocked him out, who would it be?

With doubts, Xiao Lancao came to the place Wang Wei said.

It is far away from the hotel, and there are trees and rocks nearby. At night, almost no one passes by. It is indeed a good place for a date, and here... He stood on the beach and looked around, and found that he walked along the coastline for a while. , is the place where Chang An drowned. If it is a coincidence, it is too coincidental.

There are many rocks on the coast, and some of them are built together to form a natural cave. Xiao Lancao walked into the cave, and there was a unique smell of the sea in it. Children play not far away.

This is indeed a good place to hide and seek.

The smile on Xiao Lancao's face faded away, he thought of that old photo, the background should be here too, decades have passed, the people in the photo no longer exist, but the scenery has not changed much.

If the photo that was taken away was also taken here, then Chang An's drowning and Wang Wei's knockout should be related to the photo. Chang An was killed because he threatened the murderer, while Wang Wei was accidentally injured. I just wanted to date my lover here, but the murderer had a guilty conscience and thought that he also wanted to spy on the secret, so he did it.

Xiao Lancao re-entered the cave, and looked inside with the light of his mobile phone. The stone was covered with moss. At first glance, there was nothing strange. He shone the light around and was about to go out when he suddenly saw a mark.

The moss was mottled around the imprint. He pushed the moss off the top and found that there were words underneath. The crooked handwriting was carved by a child playing. He went to other places to check and found similar handwriting, which was many years ago. God, water Oh king, these simple words.

Children like to play this kind of game of visiting here the most. Xiao Lancao is not sure whether these are related to the current case. She thinks it is better to wait until Xiao Ran asks about the information. He squinted his eyes.

There were voices coming from nearby, but it was You Qian and his customers. One of them was Mr. Yang, and the other Xiao Lancao had met last night, but he couldn't remember his name. He hid behind a stone and looked over.

You Qian took the drawing board to smear, the other two looked at the seascape, and praised his painting, Xiao Lancao was afraid of being entangled by You Qian, so he walked away lightly, and heard from a distance that they wanted to buy some paintings, he Tilting his head, he was puzzled by the price at which You Qian's paintings could be sold.

Xiao Lancao returned to the hotel, but he couldn't find Xiaomei. He only found out after asking the waiter that she was off today. He asked Xiaomei's address and went to her house to find her.

Xiaomei was drying clothes at the door, when she saw Xiao Lancao, her face immediately turned pale, and she wanted to enter the house in a panic, but Xiao Landan stopped her.

She took off her make-up, and compared to when she saw her in the morning, she looked even more haggard. Xiao Lancao opened the skylight to speak frankly, and said directly: "Wang Wei explained everything to you."

"I don't know, I don't know anything!"

After Xiaomei finished speaking, she was about to enter the house, Xiao Lancao asked, "What time did you go on a date?"

"Ten o'clock... No, I didn't go!"

"What did you see?"

"I told you I'm not going!"

Xiao Lancao stared at her, Xiaomei felt guilty, avoided her eyes, and said in a low voice, "I had an appointment at eleven o'clock, but I didn't feel well for a while, so I didn't want to go. I didn't dare to call his cell phone for fear that his wife would see him. , I thought to myself that he would go back without seeing me anyway, but he was beaten.”

"He said to the outside world that he was beaten while drinking, why are you so sure he was beaten?"

"Because... because his wife said it, so it can't be false."

Facing Xiaomei's sternness, Xiao Lancao smiled slightly, and said, "Whether you lied or not, you will find out after an investigation later. If you don't report it, you will be charged with obstructing the police investigation. It will also be exposed, and it will hurt you even more.”

Hearing what he said, Xiaomei was really scared, her face was livid, and the hand holding the clothes began to tremble. Xiao Lancao saw her eyes flickering, and knew that she had something to hide, and was about to add a dose of heavy medicine, when someone ran over , and shouted at him: "It's none of Xiaomei's business, I'm the one who beat people!"

Xiao Lancao turned her head, it was a tall man in his twenties, good-looking, a bit reckless, he was still wearing the uniform of a restaurant waiter, he was the one who peeped at them yesterday.

Xiao Lancao understood that this man should be the one introduced by Xiaomei's parents. He was pursuing Xiaomei, so of course he cared so much about Wang Wei and Xiaomei's contact.

The man ran over, stood in front of Xiaomei, and said to Xiao Lancao, "My surname is Wang, and my name is Wang Xiaolu."

"Oh, it's also surnamed Wang."

"Yes, it has the same surname as Wang Wei. Xiaomei and I are childhood sweethearts. Everyone on the island knows that we are going to get married when we grow up."

"Little deer, don't talk nonsense!"

"I'm not talking nonsense. It was the man named Wang Wei who lied to Xiaomei with sweet words. I heard him invite Xiaomei to the beach yesterday. I couldn't get angry, so I ran to beat him. Later, I saw that he fainted. I was afraid. I just ran away, this matter has nothing to do with Xiaomei, if you want to catch me, catch me!" After Wang Xiaolu finished speaking, he stretched out his hands to Xiao Lancao, Xiaomei shook her head anxiously, Xiao Lancao asked her.

"Do you have anything to say?"

Xiaomei was stunned for a moment, opened her mouth and swallowed the words again, Xiao Lancao took out the handcuffs and handcuffed Xiao Lu, saying, "Come with me."

Xiaomei was very anxious and followed them. Xiaolu said to her, "Go back, I did it, and I will take responsibility."

"It's not a responsibility, it's a crime."

Xiao Lancao pushed him and took him away, the two walked a certain distance, Xiaolu turned to look, Xiaomei was still standing there, raising her hand, apparently wiping her tears, he asked Xiao Lancao.

"Did I explain everything, so you won't embarrass her?"

"Go back and record your statement first, and talk about other things slowly."