You die and die

Yuan Che didn't answer, and called Gu Huayu and Liu Lingling over: "Go to the deceased's house and find out about the deceased's situation."

Liu Lingling hesitated for a moment: "Except for the degree of decay of the corpse, this scene is very similar to the scene of the previous case. Can we investigate from the murder weapon and the silk scarf?"

It is a tedious and time-consuming process to apply for customer information surveys for online shopping platforms.Screening after application is not easy either.

In addition to online shopping, the investigation of physical stores is also time-consuming and laborious. In contrast, it is much easier to narrow down the scope of the murderer and then conduct investigations.

Yuan Che said: "Let's start with the motive of the murder, and see if there is any intersection between the two people."

Liu Lingling complied and dragged Gu Huayu away.

The inspection work was coming to an end, Yuan Che greeted Ling Xiaoyu and Qiu Chen, and left the scene with Ke Ran.

Yuan Che contacted Yu Guang's studio, which was located in a building two streets away from here.

The people in the studio said that the deceased arrived at Yu Guang's studio at eleven o'clock this morning, stayed there for about an hour, and left around twelve o'clock.I don't know where he went after he left.

Yuan Che contacted Liu Hecheng again, and the progress with him was not very smooth.The monitoring in that area was not close to the exits on both sides of the crime scene, and there were many pedestrians coming and going at the time of the crime, and no one could see people coming and going from the exits.

Yuan Che sent Liu Hecheng the address of Yu Guang's studio, and asked him to check the surveillance outside the building where Yu Guang's studio was located, and see where Ugly Shuang left the building around twelve o'clock.

After seeing him send the message, Ke Ran asked:

"Will the murderer follow Ugly Shuang all the way to that path before attacking?"

Yuan Che nodded, checked the direction, turned around and walked east: "Since no one walks on that road, the possibility of the murderer waiting there to ambush is not very high. If someone squats in a smelly place and does not go People here will definitely notice."

"So, you still suspect that someone went for Ugly Shuang and followed Ugly Shuang all the time? But why did Ugly Shuang go there? Did he drink too much to find a convenient place? Passed by? Or did he go there for something? The reporter said that he seemed to hang around there for a while. If you were following him, why didn't you wait for him to go in before you did it?"

After Ke Ran asked, he found that they had passed the sidewalk.Where they parked should turn left at the intersection.Yuan Che didn't seem to notice it, and didn't intend to stop at all.

"Have we passed by?" Ke Ran asked in a low voice.

At this time, Yuan Che's phone vibrated, he turned on the speakerphone, and held it between the two of them.

Liu Hecheng said: "Boss, he didn't leave the building at twelve o'clock, he left at one o'clock."

Yuan Che stopped and asked suspiciously, "A little?"

Liu Hecheng replied: "That's right, a little."

"I see, you continue to follow and pay attention to see if there is anyone following him."

"clear."

Yuan Che looked at Ke Ran with questioning eyes.Ke Ran immediately said: "The dishwasher said he seemed to have drunk too much, he should have eaten before leaving."

Yuan Che nodded: "Go and see what he ate. By the way, let's go to Yu Guang's studio."

"Ah? Why? Doesn't it mean that they don't know the whereabouts of Ugly Shuang?"

"That's where Ugly Twins went before. From the perspective of a bystander, you may see more. Besides, don't you like this writer?"

Ke Ran nodded with a smile.

"Which of his books do you like?"

"Bitter Candy."

"I remember that on the day of the book signing, Ugly Shuang also said that he liked this book the most. Is this book really based on the author's personal experience?"

Ke Ran shook his head: "Probably not. It is said on the Internet that Yu Guang lives overseas, and I heard that his parents are overseas Chinese with status and status in the upper class. The protagonist in the book is just the opposite. He is a child of an ordinary family. , because he has been living under the halo of his brother, always trying to put on a show, better than his brother, and make his parents proud of him. As a result, his brother died suddenly in an accident, so he had no chance to compare with his brother. He spent a long time in the double pain of losing his brother and losing his purpose, and almost became a bum. But a woman inspired him, let him pick himself up, and start from scratch. Finally, he finally got his brother Never had the opportunity to become famous in one fell swoop.”

"Sounds inspiring."

"Well, indeed." Ke Ran replied softly.

The main hall of Huijing Building is a cafe with several elegant tables and chairs on both sides.Entering the revolving door, the aroma of coffee floats in front of you.

Going further inside is the smart elevator.They checked the floor signs next to the elevator, most of them were companies.Yu Guang's studio is on the eleventh floor.And the only restaurant is a western restaurant on the top floor.

They took the elevator to the top floor, and when they got out of the elevator, they could smell the aroma of food. They followed the simple signs and found the western restaurant.

At the door was a beautiful woman in a beige suit. She bowed with a standard smile and politely asked if they had an appointment.

This time has already passed the meal time, but looking from the door, there are still many diners inside.

Yuan Che showed his ID, then handed her the photo of Ugly Shuang's ID card and asked if she had seen it.

After she looked carefully, she was sure that Ugly Shuang had indeed been there.Meals here require reservations, but members do not need to, and can eat directly.

This person came by himself and used someone else's membership number.He kept taking selfies throughout the meal, and if the waiter hadn't dissuaded him, he would have done a live broadcast.

When they walked into the restaurant and saw the city street view outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, they realized why there were still so many customers here on the upper floors of the building.

The manager led them to the place where Ugly Double had eaten before. The view here can be said to be the best in the whole restaurant.

Ke Ran asked, "How much is the average meal cost here?"

The manager smiled politely: "The average is about [-] yuan. He spent about [-] yuan today."

"Four hundred...so much?" Ke Ran slightly sighed.

Yuan Che understood what Ke Ran meant.

Chou Shuang doesn't look like someone who will spend hundreds of yuan on a meal, but he may also be a rich second generation who hides his secrets and is not short of money.

The manager quickly rejected his idea: "He was really hesitant when he looked at the menu, but he still ordered our signature steak set and a glass of red wine for 320 yuan."

Sure enough, he had drunk wine, but red wine was not as strong as other wines.

They asked the manager to call out the Ugly Double surveillance.

In the surveillance, Ugly Shuang was almost floating with excitement from the moment he came in to the time he went out.As the manager said, he was not so much eating as he was showing off.

What is certain is that no one around him paid too much attention to him during the monitoring.

They left the restaurant, went down to the [-]th floor, and followed the signs to the left for half a circle, which was Yu Guang's studio.

Yu Guang Studio is next to an organization called Antique Appreciation Association.

From the door alone, one is a sparsely populated folk association, and the gray on the sign can be seen; the other is an elegant new-style anti-theft door, which is bright and beautiful.

It can be seen that this Yu Guang is a writer who earns a lot of money.

The person who opened the door for them was a woman in her thirties and 40s, dressed in simple and plain clothes, wearing black-rimmed glasses, the lenses looked thick, as if her prescription was not low.

After confirming the identities of the two, she lingered on Ke Ran for a while before inviting them in with a smile, then went to the inner office and knocked on the door.

Yuan Che took a look. This studio is not big, and all the windows are floor-to-ceiling, which makes it extraordinarily bright, and the environment is warm and comfortable.There are a total of four people in the studio, one male and three females. They are all young, and they nodded politely at Yuan Che and the others.

Without hearing the word please come in, the assistant opened the door.

The moment the door opened, a burst of melodious piano music poured out from inside.

Standing at the door from the corner of the eye, Yuan Che was stunned for a moment, and then smiled heartily: "I never thought you were a people's policeman."

Yuan Che stepped into the door and returned a polite smile. After introducing himself, he was about to introduce Ke Ran, when he turned around, he saw that Ke Ran was still standing at the door and hadn't come in yet.

Yuan Che just remembered something, turned around and smiled embarrassedly: "We want to talk to you about something, can you turn off the music?"

The female assistant looked at Yu Guang with some embarrassment, waving her hands in the air, not knowing what to do.

Yuan Che was a little puzzled, it was just turning off the music, is there any difficulty?

Yu Guang took out his phone and turned off the music.

Only then did Yuan Che react.Ke Ran made a fuss at the signing party, the assistant probably felt that Ke Ran's visit was a bit embarrassing, and it made sense after thinking about it.

Ke Ran's behavior at the signing meeting almost made the long-planned event impossible.It's already a good temper for this peripheral vision not to pull down his face immediately.

But at this time, Ke Ran smiled, very suddenly.Yuan Che thought he would say something to express his apology.

Unexpectedly, Ke Ran didn't say anything, he stepped into the door generously, looked around the room as if no one else was there, and finally set his eyes on Yu Guang.

The whole set of actions did not look like a visiting guest, but rather a leader who came to inspect.

Yuan Che sighed from the bottom of his heart, here he comes again!

The light shining in Ke Ran's eyes now is completely different from the submissive and dodging eyes before entering the door.

What stimulated him?Could it be that short piano piece?

From the corner of the eye, it seemed that he didn't see Ke Ran's rude behavior, so he showed a gentle smile to the assistant:

"Go get some tea." Then he turned to Yuan Che and asked, "Is it okay to drink tea?"

Yuan Che hurriedly said politely: "Don't bother, we will leave soon."

Unable to refuse, Yu Guang patted the assistant's shoulder: "Bring me the good tea that the editor gave me."

The assistant smiled sweetly and went out.

From the corner of the eye, he watched the assistant leave before closing the door, turned around and pointed to the sofa in the middle of the room:

"You two, please take a seat."

Yu Guang sat on the sofa, and Yuan Che followed suit.

Ke Ran didn't sit down, he stood behind the sofa with arms folded, like a bodyguard brought by Yuan Che.

From the corner of his eye, he deliberately ignored Ke Ran's existence, fixed his eyes on Yuan Che and asked:

"I still don't understand the call my assistant answered just now. You are looking for me for my book fans? Strictly speaking, my book fans have nothing to do with me. They just share my adventures with me through books and words. .I don't understand how they found me?"

"Yes, we are just conducting routine investigations."

"Then tell me, what can I do for you?"

"A book fan named Ugly Shuang came to your place at noon?"

"Ugly double? Come here, he is with a few other book fans. You know, the winner of the lucky draw at the signing will get a full set of my autographed books and a chance to visit my studio. Actually, the studio is just that big There is nothing to visit. This is also the real life of our writers, a table, a computer and a cup of coffee. What they are more interested in is the set of books. Most people who can go to the signing event like me very much Works. It can be regarded as my feedback to book fans."

"How many book fans are here today? Do you have their contact information?"

"Three people came. I remember the names, and the contact information, you can ask the assistant. There are only two places in the lottery. The ugly pair was specially added to appease him because he was beaten at the signing." Yu Guang explained the reason lightly, his eyes swept across Ke Ran's face without stopping.

Ke Ran listened with interest with an expression of nothing to do with him.

Yuan Che once again expressed his admiration for Yu Guang's self-cultivation, and he continued to ask: "When did they come? When did they leave? Did they leave together?"

"We originally set the time for ten o'clock, but I had a meeting that was never over, so I didn't let them in until eleven o'clock at noon. They left after chatting for less than an hour. They went out together door, but I don’t know if they didn’t go together. Why are you asking this? Did something happen?”

"There is a case that may involve him." Yuan Che replied.

"Ah, well, I know, it's not convenient for you to talk about the case. What else do you want to know."

"Can you tell me if he has any special performance today? For example, he has spoken, his expression or something."

"Well, he is very excited, he talks a lot, he talks almost all the time, and the others can't get in his mouth. To put it bluntly, he is a bit talkative. He just talks about how much he likes my books and which one he likes the most , and then asked something related to my work." He said, rubbing his temples, "Sorry, I missed half an hour of lunch break today."

"Then did we interrupt your rest?"

"No, no. We always stay up late to catch up on manuscripts, and we get very sleepy at noon during the day, so from twelve to two at noon, if we have nothing to do, we will catch up on sleep."

"Are you going to sleep here?" Yuan Che looked at the not very spacious sofa.

"Yes, it's something I do almost every day."

As he spoke, he looked at Ke Ran who had left the sofa early and wandered around the room, and finally showed a little bit of displeasure.

But at this moment, Ke Ran said, "If you're sleepy, you can drink coffee." He stood in front of a small finishing table on the right, and there was a coffee machine on it.He looked up and down carefully as if he had never seen the coffee machine before.

Yu Guang chuckled dryly: "Making coffee is my leisurely pastime. In comparison, I still like drinking tea."

There was a knock on the door, followed by an almost inaudible snap, the door was pushed open, and the assistant came in with a tea tray, which was gently placed on the coffee table in front of the sofa.

There was a small transparent bottle next to the tea tray, and the assistant handed the bottle to Yuan Che: "This is hand sanitizer."

Yuan Che hurriedly stretched out his hand, and the assistant squeezed two drops for Yuan Che. Seeing that Ke Ran didn't intend to sit down and drink tea, he put the bottle on the tray.

"You're really careful, you should be careful." Yuan Che rubbed his hands and smelled the faint smell of alcohol on his hands, then turned around and asked Ke Ran to come over and wash his hands.Ke Ran was a little reluctant, but he did it anyway.

Yu Guang smiled and said, "We are poor." He picked up the teapot, poured a cup and handed it to Yuan Che, "Come on, you can taste it. It is said that it is the second batch of new tea this year. I haven't tasted it yet."

"Thank you! This tea smells delicious." Yuan Che took the tea cup handed over by Yu Guang.

Ke Ran followed the assistant's footsteps to the door and looked up and down:

"Your door is restricted!"

Yu Guang took a sip of tea before responding: "Yes, it's so convenient."

Yuan Che was afraid that Ke Ran would be more annoying if he went on like this, so he immediately asked Yu Guang, "Please give me the contact information of those book fans."

"Okay." Yu Guang stood up, went to the door and opened it, and explained a few words to the outside.

Then he took out two books from the cabinet next to him, opened the title page and signed them in a fluttering manner:

"These two copies are for you two."

Ke Ran, who was standing behind Yuan Che, spoke again inappropriately:

"Is there anything good about your book?"