It's not that Shen Mian thinks this matter is unsolvable or needs help, it's just that she feels that the tacit understanding between herself and Gu Henzhi in the game that they can understand each other without too much communication and put it into practice is a kind of tacit understanding for her. An extremely comfortable experience.
The feeling is indescribable, a bit strange.
Shen Mian came out of the room and went downstairs at a relatively slow pace, so it didn't take long to fall to the back of the group.
Her eyes inadvertently glanced at the corner of the stairs. Due to special reasons during this period, the corresponding floors of the B&B were not open to the public, so the entire staircase and the floor where Qiao Jiaying lived had this layer of dust that was not too thick. It’s not too long, so it’s easy to miss if you don’t look carefully.
Just around the corner, near the base of the wall, there was a footprint that was not very clear.
Strictly speaking, footprints on the stairs are a normal thing. Even when the group of them went up and down the stairs just now, it was normal for them to leave many footprints in different directions.
However, the special thing about the location of this footprint is that it appears side by side against the wall. There are no traces of the same walking next to it, as if a person appeared out of thin air on the stairs. Then leave in another direction.
The footprints at this location are clearer than those in other places, it should be...
Shen Mian raised his head and looked at the decorative murals on the wall.
The location of this mural is not very high, because there is a small bookcase above it, and there is a small sofa on the other side of the corner of the stairs, which can be regarded as a small corner for people to rest and read.
She had discovered these B&Bs in the scenic area when she made reservations. In order to cater to modern people's needs for travel and living environment, most of the B&Bs have unique design styles. In order to compete with other B&Bs for customers, they Yuan, it can be said that he spent a lot of money to add various small thoughts to the design of his own B&B.
And this place similar to a book corner at the corner of the stairs... suddenly appeared here... If people can't penetrate the wall directly... the location of this wall...
Qiao Jiaying, who was still holding Shen Mian's sleeve, didn't say anything to her strange behavior. She didn't know what Shen Mian was looking at, but she just held her hand tightly on Shen Mian's sleeve. For this place, she always It's a bad feeling. Probably because of what happened in the past.
If it weren't for cooperating with the investigation, she would probably never be willing to return to this place again in her life.
Wei Duo, who had already reached the next floor, turned around and found no one behind him. He followed the direction of the stairs behind him and saw Shen Mian and Qiao Jiaying stopping at the corner of the stairs.
At this time, Shen Mian was standing there, looking up at the bookshelf above, wondering what he was thinking.
"Mianmian? What's wrong? We should go..." Wei Duo reminded.
What’s there to see at the corner of the stairs?
"Something's not right." Shen Mian shook his head at her and moved his eyes from the bookshelf to the small sofa on the other side.
"Not quite right?" Wei Duo blinked doubtfully.
At the same time, others also noticed that someone was not following and discovered Shen Mian's location.
"Did Miss Shen discover something?"
You Nanxing thought of what Shen Mian had done before, and climbed up the stairs again. Wei Duo and Xu Yizhou, who were standing together, also had the same behavior.
"The opposite side of this wall should be stuck in the middle of the two floors. In other words, the upper half corresponds to the room upstairs, and the lower half corresponds to the downstairs." Shen Mian looked past several people. Returning to the direction they went downstairs: "This wall corresponds to the location upstairs, which happens to be the room where Xiaoying lives. I remember that there is also a cabinet against the wall, with a bookshelf on top and storage for luggage below. The place where the box is, that is to say, is empty."
"So?" Wei Duo raised his head and followed Shen Mian's gaze at the hanging bookcase.
On two sides of one wall are different cabinets, bookcases and cabinets for suitcases...
"There, if you look carefully, there is a footprint." Shen Mian pointed in a direction.
You Nanxing followed her hand and knelt down to take a closer look. Sure enough, there were faint traces of footprints.
As a criminal investigation policeman, his intuition and the meaningless words Shen Mian said just now suddenly made him look up at the bookshelf above.
The first person to speak out was not him, but Qiao Jiaying, who had been standing beside Shen Mian.
"Sister Shen, what you mean is that this room is connected to the room I live in? Then... the person at that time was actually... not outside?"
When Qiao Jiaying said this last sentence, she felt as if something was stuck in her throat. Her already pale face became even more ugly. Her eyes widened, and her whole body became confused because of some suspicion she had. Shivering slightly.
The most terrifying thing is "fear", which is most vividly reflected at this time.
You Nanxing winked at Xu Yizhou beside him, who took out a small thing from his bag, made a mark next to the footprints, and took a photo at the same time.
And Wei Duo also realized something. The position of this bookshelf was indeed different from ordinary bookshelves. In order to facilitate people's reading, half of the bookshelves are floor-standing, or a reading area is made directly under the bookshelf, which can save space.
But the bookshelf in front of them is either high or low.
According to the height of women like Shen Mian and Wei Duo, they can reach it, but it is a bit laborious.
Under the bookshelf is a simple hanging painting, and the seat is placed on the other side of the bookshelf, even some distance away from the bookshelf.
You Nanxing had a stool brought over, and he stood up using his height advantage. He reached out and knocked on various positions on the inside of the lower bookshelf. The crisp knocking sound echoed in the narrow space of the stairs, making everyone present. Realized a problem.
The back of this board is empty!
You Nanxing turned his head and signaled to Xu Yizhou and Wei Duo. The two quickly went up the stairs and returned to the room they had just stayed in. At the corresponding location, I found the empty cabinet where the suitcase was placed as mentioned by Shen Mian.
Wei Duo gently tapped various locations with his finger knuckles.
Sure enough, it was the same voice!
She carefully observed the wooden board of the cabinet and found nothing special, so she returned to the corner of the stairs.
"It is indeed empty. There is no special place next to it, but because it is written specifically to store suitcases, the cabinet is relatively wide. In other words..."
"If there is a door here, the opening position should be where we are now. The footprints and the sound heard in the dream should be that someone jumped directly from above." You Nanxing murmured to himself.
After speaking, he squatted down and looked at the marked footprints on the ground: "But, if that's the case..."
Shen Mian, who had not spoken since the beginning, reminded: "Don't you have a sense of familiarity with this?"
"What's the meaning?"
Everyone else's eyes were focused on her again.
Shen Mian sighed helplessly: "If a person jumps directly to the ground from that position, the sound may not be loud enough to directly wake up the people in the room. Unless he jumps onto an object of different materials. For example..." Her eyes turned to the sofa not far away.
The soft cushions on the small sofa are movable and the cushions are somewhat special. If you want to avoid leaving footprints on it, moving the cushions away is the best choice.
"There shouldn't be this footprint when you came here before, and that's probably the reason. There is only one possibility why this footprint appears here now, that is, someone came here again in the following period, and for To save time staying here, choose to jump directly to the ground. In this way, it will save much time to deal with the footprints on the ground..."
"The other party is actually clearing the traces consciously. We have encountered this approach before. I think your captain should have mentioned it to you."
After Shen Mian finished speaking, he saw the thoughtful expressions on several people's faces and prompted: "Dust."
Wei Duo's eyes lit up: "The abandoned dormitory building over at Luna Mountain Cemetery?"
What they encountered there was that someone had used dust to cover up the traces of their residence.
"But since the other party would use this method to cover up, why would it leave such a mark?" Xu Yizhou asked his own question.
Shen Mian's eyes quickly passed over him: "After the dust has been stepped on or wiped by others, although the dust is again covered with dust, the density of the mark is different from the dust in other places. In the same environment , because the dust covered afterwards is relatively loose, it is easier to be blown away by airflow in the natural environment. Of course, it is all dust after all, so this difference is not particularly obvious. "
People who also know how to use this method to smell traces of smoke...
"But, is this bookshelf really movable? Could it be that we..." Thinking too much?
Qiao Jiaying asked in a low voice, not daring to think that the room she had lived in for so many days was actually open to the outside as if there was no door.
I saw You Nanxing groping around on the bookshelf, and finally found a small protrusion behind a book on the top shelf. He hooked his fingers hard, and there was a "click" sound, and the bookshelf that was originally pressed against the wall slightly popped out by one centimeter.
He pushed it tentatively, and while the bookshelf was moving, several people successfully saw what was happening on the other side of the wall through the moved bookshelf.
It was the house where Qiao Jiaying lived before. Because Xu Yizhou and Wei Duo had not closed the cabinet door just now, from their perspective, the internal layout of the room could be seen clearly.
Several people looked at each other.
"To contact Team Yin, we need to investigate the B&B owner. Other colleagues who are working at the same time as us also need to pay attention to this situation." You Nanxing said to the colleague in charge of liaison.
With this discovery, at least the military order issued by Captain Yin has room for explanation.
In order to prove their suspicion, after sealing off the place, they quickly went to the B&B that Shen Mian had booked before.
The young couple who lived across from Shen Mian's room had already been here before and carefully repeated what happened. At the same time, they were asked to identify the handcuffed man in the police car and confirmed that he was the one who stopped the young couple and asked them to return from the direction of the employee dormitory.
At this time, the man was also brought to the door of the B&B.
After all, he was young. When the other party saw Shen Mian and Qiao Jiaying standing together, his expression changed instantly.
Especially when he saw Shen Mian, he seemed to recall how he was so embarrassed by that lightweight water bottle when he was escaping. To be honest, that memory... was quite painful!
In contrast, when Shen Mian saw the other person's expression, his face became more playful.
This guy was probably much more important than she originally expected.
At least until now, his confession will play a vital role in the entire case.
Hmm...why did he look at me as if he had beaten him?
When Shen Mian met the other party's somewhat resentful eyes, she shook the half-filled bottle of water in her hand, raised her brows slightly, and showed a smile at the corner of her mouth. The meaning is clear: Do you want to try again?
Soon, after the other party saw her actions, he quickly retracted his eyes and became more honest, at least on the surface.
This surprised Xu Yizhou, who had been paying attention to this person.
He had seen how difficult this guy was when he was at the police station, but why did this guy react like this to Miss Shen?
He glanced cautiously in Shen Mian's direction.
In this short time together, he could feel how special Shen Mian was, but the other person didn't seem to like him. It didn't seem right to say that, after all, the two of them didn't know each other. To be precise, this Miss Shen seemed to have an inexplicable coldness towards him.
Of course, he is not the kind of person who is so narcissistic that he thinks others should like him.
However, this person still made him feel a little frustrated.
Don't know what I did wrong.
Perhaps because of this, he was a little concerned about Shen Mian.
"Let's go up first." Wei Duo nodded to a few people. She and Captain Yin were in charge here when they first investigated, so they are the most familiar with the situation here.
After reading several similar large characters on the wall, Qiao Jiaying felt that the impact of these words on him seemed to be less.
Compared to the situation in the room opposite, Shen Mian stood at the door of the room where she originally lived, following the direction in which the shadow outside the door she saw disappeared when she heard Gu Henzhi's voice.
When she was leaving here, she remembered paying attention to the corner of the stairs.
There is no bookcase blocking it like the previous B&B. So, what could be the problem?
"Sister Shen?" Qiao Jiaying stood at the door and only glanced inside before retreating.
Turning his head, he saw Shen Mian's frown.
You don’t need to delve too deeply into the logic of your imagination, haha, that’s probably the extent of my brain, haha!
(End of chapter)
