People come and go in the hospital, but the single ward is well soundproofed and the environment is quite intimate. Because of this, Shao Zi, who was not afraid of crowds of people, did not choose another place, but started asking questions on the spot.
"I had a lot of things to do that day, and I may not be able to explain it clearly at the moment." Yao Shenghai was half lying on the bed. After surviving the disaster, he looked obviously tired. "It was a complete day's work, I went to several places, and I went to the theater in the evening... uh …”
"There's no need to rush." Shao Zi sat on the stool beside the bed, put down the manual in his hand, and said calmly, "Take your time."
Although he doesn't like Yao Shenghai very much, he doesn't show his strange emotions randomly. This is a quality he has always adhered to.
No matter whether he is facing a villain or a hypocrite, a good person or a bad person, he will try his best to keep himself at ease - unless he really encounters a situation and scene that he can't help himself.
Yao Shenghai's wife had just been politely asked to leave by Liu Che. After Liu Che himself sent the lady who was worried about her husband out, he also went to understand some details of the situation. Because of this, there were only two people left in the whole room.
"I'm sorry, Officer Shao." Yao Shenghai is usually a tough-as-nails boss, but now he obviously has some mental problems in addition to the physical problems that he has just recovered from a long illness. "After so long, there were too many things that happened that day. Please allow me to tidy things up a bit."
As he spoke, he took out a manual from a cabinet near the bedside. It was probably his wife who helped get it. It was not among the belongings found by the police at the time. Yao Shenghai might have put it in the car before entering the theater.
Shao Zi took a closer look and saw that there were many unintelligible handwriting written on it. It seemed to be a deliberately changed font, not because of careless writing, but because it was deliberately incomprehensible to ensure that even if the manual was obtained by others, it would not be readable. Easily identify problems.
According to the length of the sentence, this should not be a complete sentence, but some key words.
This great reporter should have his own unique secret to protect his thoughts and "exclusive news." Earlier, they asked Mrs. Yao if she knew the whereabouts of reporter Yao Da that day, and got a negative result.
Yao Shenghai squinted and studied the messy words on it. After about a quarter of an hour, he relaxed his brows and put the manual on the cabinet again.
"At around two o'clock in the afternoon, I set out from the office. I went to the convenience store to buy some things and put them in the car. The car was parked on the street. At three o'clock, I arrived near the Central Park. I didn't make an appointment but wanted to see if there was any chance. I photographed a meeting in the park, but after driving around there was no breakthrough. So around 3:30, I set out for a nursing home in the suburbs and arrived there before the appointment time."
Shao Zi noticed the main point: "Is going to the nursing home a regular part of your schedule?"
Yao Shenghai nodded decisively.
After reading the manual, his thinking was much clearer than before, and he seemed to have found his "lost soul."
"After I arrived at the nursing home, I interviewed several elderly people who had lived there for a long time." Yao Shenghai continued his memories and glanced up unconsciously, "This was for the last report of "Life and Poetry" magazine. The people in the nursing home One of the old people was a famous modern poet when he was young. This report takes retirement life as the theme, but also uses the old poet as the protagonist to describe it. In fact, the visit to the subject has ended, but later I thought of more I found a few elderly people in other nursing homes and asked some questions to expand the scope of the description and increase the proportion of thematic elements, so I made an appointment in advance to go there again."
Shao Zi nodded, understanding the situation clearly.
"I decided on this itinerary about a week ago. If there are people who know about it... there should be quite a few. Anyone who has participated in magazine editing and interviews knows about this. After all, I specially reserved my time for this interview. If a column comes out, I can’t guarantee that this matter will not be spread.”
"I understand." Shao Zi turned to the next topic, "So, about the theater, Reporter Yao, you don't want to hide it, do you?"
Finally, at this moment, Yao Shenghai's eyes showed a hint of resistance. He frowned, as if he was indeed not far away.
Seeing this situation, Shao Zi was not surprised.
"If I guess correctly, this should be a big news in your eyes - unfortunately it should be a fake opportunity, or even one that the mastermind behind the scenes planned to kill you..."
"I said." After hearing the speculation of "killing you", Yao Shenghai really couldn't bear the stimulation of recalling the moment of life and death, and took a deep breath, "To say it is suspicious, I think back on it. It kind of means that. Regarding the theater, police officer, it stands to reason that you should have found out."
Yao Shenghai is indeed an old fox, and he does not take any chances.
The more experienced you are, the less likely you are to treat the police as fools based on the one-in-a-million chance, but rather take this condition into consideration.
"Two days before the incident, I received a phone call. The person on the phone claimed to be a performer in this opera, anonymously, and told me that she wanted to reveal something embarrassing about the lead actor's marital infidelity. It was she who told me this Among the actors this time was the lover of the lead actor, and evidence of it may be captured at this time.”
"And you believed it?"
Yao Shenghai waved his hand.
"Of course I'm not going to be blindly gullible. I checked the credits for this show and found the understudy for the 'revealed' actor. I searched her past works and found that her voice matched mine. The voice heard on the phone was exactly the same.”
Shao Zi was stunned for a moment, a little surprised.
"I'm ashamed to say it. You can also say that I'm being smart, so I thought I had found out the details of others. But maybe I walked into the trap myself, which led to the disaster." Yao Shenghai smiled bitterly, "At first I called The number who broke the news felt that if I told her on the spot that I knew her identity while she promised to cooperate with my investigation, she would have to cooperate with my investigation to avoid being discovered by others. But then When I called, I couldn't get through at all, so I realized there might be something wrong."
"you mean……"
"The person who made the anonymous call was not the understudy, he just used her voice - I don't know how that person could do this." Yao Shenghai recalled what happened before and felt that he had been so calculated. Too embarrassed, "As soon as I woke up, I looked for contacts to check the information of the actress, and learned that she had never worked with the exposed actor several times. This time, she was only a temporary substitute, and there was no further information. . It was my own preconceptions, and I complacently took this preset character relationship as a fact."
Shao Zi was silent.
Since Yao Shenghai was sure to this point, he naturally made the verification in his own way. With his level of sophistication, it is hard to imagine that he would make a mistake for the second time in a matter that concerns his own life.
"I have the recording of the phone call and the audio of the interview when I went to the nursing home. I can say everything that needs to be said." Yao Shenghai's breath was a little unsteady, "Even if the theater matter is held accountable to me, It would be nice to have some responsibilities... I really don’t want to live in fear that someone around me is going to kill me at any time.”
