Chapter 119 The way home!
Li Chao shuttled among the rows of shelves, holding a notebook and ballpoint pen in his hand.
Whenever he sees that the items on a row of shelves are not arranged neatly, he will immediately write down the name of the tally clerk in charge of that area on a piece of paper.
He is the manager of the supermarket.
In this county, it is considered a decent job.
He started working at the age of twenty, and he is already thirty years old this year.
Having been in this business for ten years, I can be said to be a senior employee.
The main reason why I have been doing it for so long is that the supermarket is a chain brand with its head office in the provincial capital city. It is very large and receives salary increases every year. Compared with other jobs in the county, it is already quite good.
You know, the gangsters he hung out with back then were either working on construction sites or driving trucks. They were tired and didn’t have much money.
He hasn't interacted with these people for a long time.
Sometimes, when he happened to meet friends who were still hanging out on the street, he would walk by with his head down and try not to say hello.
People who knew him before said that he has changed.
When Li Chao was young, he was a well-known gangster in the county. He was involved in many fights and was a frequent visitor to the police station.
When did it change?
He couldn't tell clearly, maybe it started when he got married, maybe when his son just learned to walk.
It doesn't matter, life is always a process of transformation.
He is quite satisfied with his current life.
My wife is virtuous and my son has good academic performance.
It is already ten o'clock at night, and there are not many people in the supermarket. The supermarket closes at half past ten.
The security guard took a flashlight and began to clear the area.
This is to prevent thieves from hiding in supermarkets, which often happens.
If something is lost, the security captain will be punished.
This matter has nothing to do with Li Chao, so he is too lazy to intervene.
He put the notebook back in the office. When he came out again, the lights in the supermarket had been turned off.
He chatted with the security captain for a few words, and then walked out of the back door of the supermarket alone.
The weather has turned cold, maybe only a few degrees above freezing.
He couldn't help but shudder, shrank his neck, and put his hands into his coat pockets.
He thought, if it continues to be this cold, it might snow in the next few days.
It’s Christmas at the end of the month!
The supermarket ordered a batch of plastic Christmas trees today. You can buy one at the employee's price, place it in the living room, and connect it with colored lights. Your wife and son will definitely be very happy.
Thinking about it, Li Chao felt that life was very happy.
This county is not big, with a population of about 100,000.
He had a motorcycle at home, but he didn't drive it because the wind was blowing and it was too cold.
It’s only a ten-minute walk away, and you can also exercise by walking.
If you walk directly along the main road, it is quite far and it will take twenty minutes.
But if you go through the alley on the left and climb up a slightly remote slope, you can save seven or eight minutes.
Li Chao always takes the main road, but his wife just called and said that the chicken soup has been boiled and put in an insulated box for him, and she asked him to go back and drink it while it was hot.
If I go back early, my wife may not have fallen asleep yet.
There is moonlight tonight, and there is a glimmer of light in the alley.
Li Chao walked directly into the alley without any hesitation.
There are abandoned brick buildings on the left side, and all the way up, there are densely packed red brick buildings that are about to be demolished.
The people who live here have moved away long ago, saying that developers are planning to build properties here.
Li Chao has saved some money and is thinking of buying a house here so that it will be close to where he works. And because it is a new house, his wife will definitely be very happy.
Li Chao is full of hope for his future life. Think about it, he was still a gangster at the beginning. If he had not repented in time, he might still be in jail like those few good friends. sock.
Life is really amazing.
While he was thinking this, he had already climbed up the slope.
Because there are no lights on this road, the buildings on the left are empty, dark and eerie.
He is more courageous and not afraid of these.
But the wild cat that jumped out from the left startled him. Suddenly, his feet slipped and he sat down on the ground.
Li Chao cursed a few times and prepared to stand up.
But at this moment, he suddenly felt something was wrong!
Because he often fought in the past, his instinct for fighting has always been very accurate.
He turned back suddenly...
At the right time, a sharp pain came from his back.
He knew this feeling, that he had been stabbed.
A man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt stood in the shadows.
A sharp knife illuminated by the cold moon slipped past his eyes and sank directly into his throat.
He heard blood spurting out, and a whirring sound came from his throat.
At this time, the man took off the hood on his head.
Under the moonlight, he saw her face clearly...
It turns out to be her!
She has finally returned after disappearing for many years!
He wanted to say something, but nothing came out. He was about to die, and life was passing by at an extremely fast speed.
Li Chao fell to the ground. He stretched out a hand to grab something, but because all the strength in his body was drained, he only breathed his last breath.
On the slope, on the sixth floor of a seven-story building, there is a balcony with warm lights.
That was his home...
When he died, he was thinking that it would be great if he put the Christmas tree on the balcony and could see it every night when he came home.
But he will never have this chance again.
……
Lu Jun has been very annoyed recently. As soon as he got out of the car, he wanted to slap himself in the face to wake himself up.
At 5:30 in the morning, the county bureau received an alarm saying that someone had been killed.
This unlucky guy, I don’t know what happened recently, there have been a series of murders, which has driven him to pieces.
If it weren't for his identity, he would really want to go to the temple and pay homage.
I heard people say that the temple in the east of the county is very sacred. I can find time some other time and pay my respects secretly. I can drop a few incense coins and no one will notice it anyway.
No, there was still no clue about yesterday's case, and another person was killed today.
This incident alarmed the director.
As soon as he got off the car, he didn’t look good on Lu Jun.
“You didn’t wake up, you were sighing!”
Lu Jun scratched the back of his head: “Hong Bureau, to be honest, go ahead and apply. There is no such thing in our county. Forensic doctors are not good! If the body could be dissected earlier, we would definitely be able to find more clues about yesterday’s case!”
In a small county town, if there is a murder and the body needs to be dissected, if there is no full-time forensic doctor, you can only wait in line and wait for a day when the superiors are free, and they will send a temporary forensic doctor.
Moreover, you have to smoke and drink well.
Hong Jiang glanced at him: "Forensic doctor? Have you lost your ability to handle cases? I saw the corpse yesterday. Is this a matter for the forensic doctor? You can't see such an obvious wound? I'll give it to you. You said, the limelight has been tight recently, please check it carefully for me!"
After Hong Jiang finished speaking, he walked directly to the alley.
Lu Jun hurriedly followed: "I have sent people to visit him. Sun Xiangming is not a good person. There are many people who have enemies with him. It may take some time."
Hong Jiang glanced at him: "I heard that you were promoting in the team that Sun Xiangming was killed by a wild beast?"
Lu Jun immediately opened his eyes wide: "Hong Ju, who spread this? , I never said that! I swear to God!”
"Then let me ask you, where did this rumor come from?"
"Uh..."
"I tell you, what clothes we wear, who should we swear to, You figured it out for me!”
Lu Jun was anxious: "Listen to my explanation..."
He took out a notebook from his pocket and gave it to Hong Jiang.
"Hong Bureau, I am not spreading this nonsense. Look, it is written in this note. This is the witness's statement."
Hong Jiang took the notebook, read it carefully for a while, and then Sneered.
"Witnesses? A three-year-old girl and an eighty-year-old man. Do you believe what they say? The murderer is a beast, right? The beast can stab the victim five times with a knife?! You kid, take some time to go to class and stop being embarrassed.”
Lu Jun was speechless. He shrugged his shoulders and walked up quickly.
A cordon has been set up below the slope, and the two of them ducked in.
On the left are abandoned red brick buildings with overgrown grass and a vaguely weird atmosphere.
As soon as the two went up, they saw dozens of wild cats emerging from the grass, their eyes glowing green.
Lu Jun saw that the hair of several wild cats was tangled together, and there were dried brown blood stains on the yellow hair.
He couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and he thought of the word "beast" again.
Several policemen were holding branches in their hands to drive away these wild cats.
The director of the police station who was maintaining order saw the chief coming and ran over quickly: "Bureau Hong, you are here."
"How is the situation at the scene?"
"The person who called the police was a nearby resident. When she was buying groceries in the morning, she suddenly saw a group of wild cats barking on the slope. She walked up and took a look and found a dozen wild cats licking the blood of the deceased. She almost scared the person half to death. ! ”
"The name of the deceased?"
"His name is Li Chao. He is thirty years old. He is the manager of the supermarket below. His family lives up there. He probably passed by here after get off work in the evening and was tricked by someone. ”
Following the direction of his finger, Lu Jun and Hong Jiang looked up together.
On the sixth floor balcony of a seven-story building, a woman stood there, covering her mouth with her hands, looking over here.
There was a female police officer beside her, who seemed to be saying something.
The director explained: "That should be Li Chao's wife. He also has a son at home."
Lu Jun nodded, and he seemed to hear the woman's cry.
Because there was soft soil nearby, they did not dare to go too close for fear of leaving footprints.
At this time, the doctor came over: "Hong Bureau, the deceased was stabbed twice, once in the back; his neck was pierced by a sharp weapon, and there was a lot of blood. The deceased could not hold on for long and died on the spot."
The county doctor is not a forensic doctor after all. However, the cause of death is fairly certain.
Lu Jun hurriedly asked: "He was stabbed to death again?"
The doctor nodded: "I opened the deceased's clothes and took a look. The blades are two centimeters wide. It is probably the same as the case yesterday. The same murder weapon."
Lu Jun swallowed: "Serial murder case?"
He looked at Hong Jiang, whose face was ashen. He had been peaceful for a year, but he didn't expect that there would be two. Days later, the peace of this county was broken.
Hong Jiang stared at Lu Jun: "This case must be reported, we don't have the ability to handle it ourselves."
Hearing this, Commander Lu breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, the cell phone in his pocket suddenly rang.
(End of this chapter)