Chapter 4 Red Clothes

The two of them bypassed the path and got into the back door of the building.

With the faint light of the mobile phone flashlight, Qin Yu saw the scene in front of him at a glance.

In the dilapidated yard, there was only a piece of withered grass, a rocking chair that creaked when the wind blew, and an inexplicably conspicuous painting hanging at the door.

The painting is watercolor, and the scenery on it is very simple and can be sketched out with a dozen strokes.

The entire frame is a dark blue sea, with only a palm-colored lighthouse standing in the sea, facing a group of bluebirds soaring.

"Isn't this painted by the old lady?" Mo Zhefan also discovered the painting belatedly.

Qin Yu shook his head: "I don't think it looks like it. The brushstrokes of ordinary old people are not so strong and powerful."

"Can you still see the strength in this? What if she drew it when she was young?" Mo Zhefan wanted to interrupt her on purpose.

"If you have to say that, I suggest you go in and watch it up close." Qin Yu said with a sneer.

Mo Zhefan quickly surrendered: "Sister, I'm not very courageous. Are you being rude? You let me go and you watch from here?"

"Who told you to talk too much?" Qin Yu was too lazy to pay attention to him.

"Who is there!"

Perhaps because the argument between the two siblings gradually became louder, the investigating police officer noticed the movement at the back door, so he shone a dazzling light over it.

"Corn? Why are you here?" Unexpectedly, the person coming was Qin Yu's middle school and high school classmate, Lu Yixuan.

"So it's you, Xiao Lu. I didn't expect you to become a police officer after not seeing each other for three or four years?" Qin Yu was also surprised to meet Lu Yixuan here.

"Sister, do you know each other?" Mo Zhefan asked, pointing to Lu Yixuan.

Lu Yixuan nodded slightly to them: "I came to the police force for an internship. I didn't expect that I would encounter this case not long after I took office. What are you doing here at this late hour?"

"We... were strolling around, and we ended up here unexpectedly." Qin Yu twitched the corners of his mouth in embarrassment, and warned Mo Zhefan with his eyes not to talk nonsense.

Lu Yixuan took a few steps closer to them: "A murder has just occurred here. It's best for you not to come over during this period. Although we have collected evidence, for the sake of safety, it is better not to walk around at will."

"We understand, we're just a little curious. No one has moved into this building for more than ten years, so why did an old lady suddenly move in?" Qin Yu stood on tiptoes and pointed to the opposite side, "I live there because It’s on the opposite floor, so I wanted to ask what’s going on.”

"I actually don't know much. It seems that this old lady insisted on moving here, and she was yelling about who she wanted to pay off the debt to. I don't know the specific situation. I have my professional ethics. All I can say is That's all." Lu Yixuan chatted with her politely.

"Pay off the debt?"

Qin Yu held his chin and thought for a while.

Around here... I haven't heard of anyone lending a large amount of money to others?

So whose debt is she trying to repay?

"In this case, Xiaofan and I will not disturb you in your work. Then please pay attention to your safety and have a good time with our classmates when we have time." Qin Yu said with a smile.

Lu Yixuan nodded: "Yes."

"Wait a minute! Look what that is!" Mo Zhefan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly pointed to the window on the second floor of the building and shouted in surprise.

Qin Yu and Lu Yixuan quickly looked in the direction of his finger.

This time, it almost scared them all.

I saw a woman in a red costume with long dark hair hanging down, standing straight at the window.

This building is a duplex apartment. Although no one has lived in it for more than ten years, it stands to reason that it must have been cleaned once after the old lady moved in half a month ago, otherwise it would be uninhabitable.

But what everyone sees through the windows now is glass covered with cobwebs and a dilapidated wooden frame. Even when the frame is blown by the wind, it seems to be crumbling.

It doesn't look like someone has been living there for more than half a month.

What's even weirder is that a bluish-white light shines on the woman, making her look like a ghost coming to seek her life.

"It's impossible. When we collected evidence, it was clearly not like this." Lu Yixuan was encountering such a situation for the first time. He couldn't help but muttered to himself, and even began to wonder if there was something wrong with his evidence collection.

But the next second, the woman in red by the window disappeared without a trace like a gust of wind.

Qin Yu and Mo Zhefan both rubbed their eyes in unison. They also couldn't believe what they just saw.

"Sister, could it be that...we are all dazzled?"

Mo Zhefan said this tremblingly.

It is already the hot summer season in early July, and it is obvious that what I feel should be a steady stream of hot wind. But they all felt that there was an inexplicable coldness coming over them.

It would be fine to say that one person is wrong.

But all three people were mistaken, and no one would believe it if they told her.