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When the criminal police came to the door, Ye Junchuan was cooking in the kitchen.

Xiao Dongxu's school was closed, and when he came to look for him, Ye Junchuan said he would cook some dishes to entertain him.Seeing Ye Junchuan living alone, Xiao Dongxu was a little surprised, and asked, "Where's Chengxi?"

Ye Junchuan didn't answer, but Xiao Dongxu came to his senses first, took the initiative to change the topic, and ordered a bunch of dishes he wanted to eat.Ye Junchuan saw that he was about to say something like a full banquet, so he interrupted him quickly, saying: "You are so beautiful! You can eat whatever you want."

Xiao Dongxu laughed a few times, and ran to the living room to watch TV.

The range hood in the kitchen was broken, and he choked badly every time he cooked. Ye Junchuan closed the kitchen door, so he didn't know when someone came to the door.

Until Xiao Dongxu opened the door with a complicated expression and walked in.

Ye Junchuan hurried him out: "Don't open the door, the smoke will run into the living room in a while."

"Brother Ye," Xiao Dongxu coughed a few times and said, "Someone is looking for you."

Ye Junchuan was startled for a moment, thinking of Chengxi.But on second thought, if it was Cheng Xi, Xiao Dongxu would have said his name directly.

"Who?"

"Looks like the police."

This answer was even more surprising.

Ye Junchuan hastily turned off the fire, and went to the living room to have a look.I saw two men sitting on the sofa, one was nearly middle-aged, and the other looked like he was in his early twenties.Seeing Ye Junchuan come out, they all took out their IDs in unison. The middle-aged man said, "I'm criminal policeman Lin Rui. I have a question for you about a case."

Seeing that Ye Junchuan was stunned, the young man hurriedly said, "Sit down."

Ye Junchuan sat down in front of the two policemen, feeling even more nervous.Fortunately, Xiao Dongxu also sat down beside him, which made Ye Junchuan feel a little calmer.

Lin Rui began to ask, "What's your relationship with Chengxi?"

Ye Junchuan stumbled and said: "We... grew up together in an orphanage, and were later adopted by the same family. He is my brother in name."

Lin Rui nodded, and asked again: "Why was Chengxi sent to the orphanage?"

"I am not very sure."

"How much do you know about his biological father?"

Ye Junchuan gradually calmed down and said, "I don't know, he never mentions anything related to himself."

Unexpectedly, Lin Rui took the initiative to say: "His father's name is Zheng Wei. He was imprisoned more than ten years ago for embezzling public funds. After he was released from prison, he worked as a cleaner in a hotel near the prison named Lai Rui. .”

Zheng Wei.

Ye Junchuan's memory flashed back to that morning more than ten years ago. Through the transparent screen, he saw the middle-aged man with the crew cut. He was very big, but he gave off a feeling of fragility.

That's Fifteen's father, he thought at the time.

"Excuse me, why did you ask about his father?"

"Three days ago, Zheng Wei was killed in his room on the first floor of the hotel." When Lin Rui said this, his eyes were firmly fixed on Ye Junchuan.

But Ye Junchuan was caught off guard, his eyes were full of surprise.

What was even more shocking was yet to come, Lin Rui continued: "According to our investigation, Cheng Xi had tracked down Zheng Wei's whereabouts in the vicinity a few nights before the incident, and he was obviously looking for his father. We have every reason to suspect him, and hope you can cooperate with our search."

Is that so?The attitude of the detectives was as if they had already decided that the murderer was Cheng Xi. They must have more solid evidence, Ye Junchuan thought.

The uneasiness in his heart grew deeper and deeper.

After the criminal police left, Ye Junchuan no longer had the heart to cook. Xiao Dongxu put the dishes on the table, but Ye Junchuan was still sitting on the sofa, pale and panicked.

Xiao Dongxu sat beside him and fiddled with his mobile phone. After a while, he asked in a low voice, "Are you going to find him?"

Ye Junchuan was taken aback by this question, and didn't know how to answer it. He felt that Xiao Dongxu had changed a bit, and was different from what he knew before.

"After you separated, is there still contact?" Xiao Dongxu asked again.

Ye Junchuan shook his head.

"Then do you know where he lives now?"

Ye Junchuan still shook his head, only then did he realize that even if he wanted to see Chengxi, he didn't know where to go to meet him.

Xiao Dongxu said: "He was in the hotel where Zheng Wei was killed."

"what?"

"Look," Xiao Dongxu handed the mobile phone screen in front of Ye Junchuan: "This case was reported on the Internet, but there was no mention of the surveillance video of the Larry Hotel. I checked and found out that the Larry Hotel was similar to a homestay. There must be no surveillance in the hotel. But the hotel is not a forbidden area, anyone can enter and exit, but the police quickly focused their search on Cheng Xi, do you know what this means?"

Ye Junchuan vaguely guessed, his breathing became short of breath.

"The case happened late at night. The murderer was not an outsider, but someone who lived in the Larry Hotel. The murderer didn't need to invade from the outside, and he didn't need to flee outside after committing the crime. He just had to go back to the guest room as usual—in this way, the suspect The scope of the case narrowed down all of a sudden. The reason why Cheng Xi became a suspect in the case was not only because of his relationship with the victim, but also because he lived in the Larry Hotel when the case happened."

This is the hole card in the hands of the criminal police, Ye Junchuan finally understood.

His heart couldn't stop sinking.