Both sides of the argument had their supporters and began to argue.
"Okay, okay, both sides have their reasons. By the way, where is the man named Qiao Xiang now?"
"Well." The five women looked at each other.
"Hey, where is it?" Tian Chunda asked again.
"I know." The fifth, short nurse spoke for the first time. Although she was short, her breasts and waist were both concave and convex, and she had a graceful figure among the five of them.
"Where?"
"In Golden Valley."
"Kanagu?"
The other four women all had expressions of indifference.
"Yes, in Jingu, Dongyang City."
"So, that person is from Dongyang. Where is Jingu in Dongyang?" Tian Chunda asked.
"Golden Valley is in the southern part of the city."
"Do you know the specific address?" Tian Chunda asked.
The woman shook her head. Tian Chunda thought that if He Chun's luggage was still there, she could investigate it, but all the relics had been taken away by her brother, so nothing could be found.
"Do you know anyone else who has a grudge against He Chun?"
Although this question has been asked several times, no one has any clues in this regard. Officer Tian Chunda decided to concentrate on thoroughly investigating these two men and women.
Tian Chunda called Lanzhuang. The voice of a middle-aged woman who sounded like the manager's wife came through the phone, saying that ten minutes ago, Ke Runze had gone out to the doll and toy store on Qingshui Road.
When Tian Chunda heard from the nurse that Qingshui Road was less than fifteen minutes' walk from Xiao Long's hospital, he thanked them for their help and left the hospital.
After a short walk on Qingshui Road, you will immediately see your destination. The huge golden letters read "Simei Doll and Toy Store". There are several beautiful dolls in the display window facing the road. The parts used to make the figures can be seen through the open entrance, filling the display cabinets.
The store seemed busy. Two of the three clerks gathered together and whispered, while the other girl turned her back to them and was wiping the glass display cabinet with a cloth. As soon as Tian Chunda entered the store, the clerk who noticed the footsteps looked up at him and then showed a surprised expression. This is because the customers in the doll store are only women, and a rough-looking man like Tian Chunda will look out of place when he walks in.
"welcome."
"I want to see Miss Ke Runze."
"May I ask who is calling?"
Tian Chunda handed over his business card silently. As soon as the other party saw the title printed on it, he raised his thin eyebrows and showed a puzzled expression, and then quickly went upstairs with the business card. Tian Chunda, who stayed where he was, turned his attention to the female clerk who was wiping the glass of the display cabinet. Seeing her neat and smooth movements, I felt that she was more healthy and beautiful than the girl in the window.
The footsteps stopped halfway down the stairs, and a voice called for people to come up. That was the woman just now leaning out from the armrest and calling Tian Chunda.
The door was opened. The hands of several women who were working stopped and all looked here. Tian Chunda stepped across the door frame.
In the center of the room, which is about thirty square meters in size, there is a large dining table, with young women and middle-aged women sitting around the table. On the dining table was a naked torso of a doll, as well as colorful rags scattered on the table. Among them could be seen a hairless head that looked like a nun's, with cheeks dyed cherry red.
"Who is Ke Runze?" Tian Chunda asked.
"I am."
A beautiful woman who looked to be 23 or 24 years old was standing with a small curling iron in one hand. She was wearing a red sweater, with thick wavy hair that fell down to her collar, and with the white wall as the background, she looked like a charming movie actress.
"What can I do for you?" she asked.
"I don't think it's convenient to talk about it here. Can you go out to the corridor with me?"
"Oh, it doesn't matter. It won't disturb us. I haven't done anything bad, and there are no chairs in the corridor."
Ke Runze tactfully dismissed his opinion. She raised her brows and pursed her red lips tightly, looking very strong-willed.
"That's it. If you don't care anymore, then it doesn't matter to me. But if you feel inconvenient in the middle of the conversation, you can always say it and we can go to the corridor right away."
"Okay." In response to Tian Chunda's suggestion, Ke Runze tilted his head as if to express his gratitude, and raised the corners of his mouth with a smile.
The two sat facing each other. "You should know He Chun, right?" Tian Chunda asked.
Ke Runze did not answer immediately and gently put the small curling irons in his hands on the table. Not far in front of her, stood a beauty doll with the hem of her clothes trailing and her upper body slightly tilted back, which seemed to emphasize the curve of her waist. There is also a label on the hem of the doll that reads "Designer Ke Runze".
"If you are talking about He Chun, a nurse from Xiaolong Hospital, then I know her. However, even though I know her, it does not mean that I have a good relationship with her or have a very close relationship with her." Ke Runze said.
"That's right. To put it another way, this woman is Mr. Xiao Long's fiancée. This nurse was killed on a beach on the outskirts of Kanazawa City."
The other women who heard the detective's words looked nervous. But only Ke Runze remained calm and his expression did not change at all.
"I know. Not only I know, everyone here knows it. Our newspapers here also reported it in a small news article. I heard that he was shot..."
"Yes, at the beach. But my question is about Xiao Long's engagement with you before, but it has been cancelled. This matter will definitely involve your personal affairs. It would be better for us to go out to the corridor to talk?"
Ke Runze quickly raised his hand to stop the police officer who was about to stand up. Her nails, dyed cherry red, sparkled with her movements.
"I don't care. As I told you just now, everyone present here is very aware of this matter. Whether it was my previous engagement with Mr. Xiao Long or the cancellation later... Everyone also took me to the hotel, together Comfort me."
Ke Runze picked up the scattered rulers and awls and carefully put them into the plastic sewing box one by one. The white ball of sewing thread spun several times and fell to the ground. Tian Chunda bent down to pick it up.
"Oops, sorry."
"Please don't worry about it and keep talking. You must hate He Chun for stealing your lover, right?"
"To be honest, this incident made me very angry. Although I think Xiao Long himself was at fault, it was still because He Chun tempted him. I regretted it for a long time, and I couldn't even sleep well at night."
Ke Runze admitted it easily and was so honest that Tian Chunda was very discouraged. The other women seemed to have noticed that the conversation between the detective and Ke Runze was developing in a subtle direction, so they did not intend to listen anymore and continued to work. The woman opposite Tian Chunda is devoting herself to making dolls.
"Since you said that, it's easy to talk about it. Besides, your position is that you have a grudge against He Chun, so of course you are suspected of murder."
"Yes, there's nothing we can do about it."
"Furthermore, if you were not the person who killed He Chun, then you must have an alibi when the case occurred."
"I have an alibi."
"You have?"
"Yes, you said that the place where He Chun was killed was in Kanazawa, right?"
Ke Runze looked uneasy and asked Tian Chunda calmly. On the contrary, Tian Chunda was a little nervous.
"It's in Kanazawa, the suburbs of Kanazawa."
"Whether it's in the suburbs or in the city, it makes no difference to me. Because I haven't left Nanguang City in the past six months."
"But just to be cautious, could you please think back to the night of September 8th? I want to know more specifically, where were you and what were you doing that night?"
