Chapter 31 1. The temptation of the white silk scarf

A young woman ran like crazy from the lawn in the backyard of Meilin Garden. The sound of footsteps on the cobblestone-paved corridor broke the dream of a pair of lovers who were kissing passionately in the duty room. Luo Qiuqiu pushed his girlfriend Cao Xiaoyang away suddenly, bowed up, and looked out from the small window of the simple room in the duty room.In this late autumn dawn, the sky is gray and white, and the light outside is still a bit hazy.Therefore, the figure of the woman flashing past like a TV camera, only a pale face and a long white silk scarf floating behind her came into Luo Qiu's field of vision.

"Hey, what are you running for?" Instinct made him yell towards the door. The woman didn't look back, she still ran towards the half-hidden urinal door on the side of the duty room at a sprint speed of 100 meters. Luo Qiu stood up and wanted to chase him out.Unexpectedly, Cao Xiaoyang grabbed him. "Meddle in your own business! You're stupid!" Cao Xiaoyang scolded him angrily. "It's not yet dawn, that woman is running like a wild rabbit, something must have happened!" Luo Qiuqiu said doubtfully, looking out of the window with blank eyes. Cao Xiaoyang pulled him back to the broken couch with the sponge exposed, leaned into his arms and said, "What could happen? Probably some young master annoyed the little lover and stopped playing with him."

"But how does she know that the back door is open?" Luo Qiuqiu said doubtfully. Cao Xiaoyang rolled his eyes at him reproachfully: "You are about to become my grandma, nagging endlessly. No matter how annoying you are, I will leave!" Cao Xiaoyang pretended to leave as he said. Only then did Luo Qiu come back to his senses, stretched out his right hand, and hugged Cao Xiaoyang tightly: "Don't be childish. After all, I am the security guard in this compound, and you know that all the people living in this compound are What kind of people, in case something happens, can I take responsibility?"

"You're really holding chicken feathers as arrows and swimming with glasses—you're pretending to be a walleye! You're just a back door watcher, what responsibility can you bear!" When Cao Xiaoyang spoke, it was like frying beans in an iron pan, crackling, so that Luo Qiu could only parry, not retort, he could only laugh.After laughing, he thought about what Cao Xiaoyang said, and thought it was quite reasonable. Meilin Garden is located in the forest area on the outskirts of the city, facing the sea on one side and surrounded by trees on three sides.Since it was developed by a real estate developer in the south, its special geographical location and elegant environment have made it a well-known paradise for wealthy and well-known people.First, the bosses of several large local companies settled here, and then some famous painters, film and television stars, singers and program hosts from other provinces also joined in.In this secluded villa area, celebrities are almost isolated from the world.They seldom show up in the courtyard, and mostly get into luxury cars at the entrance of their villas, and then drive from the main entrance to the only boulevard leading to the outside world, living a kind of life. A very mysterious life.Luo Qiu has been working as a security guard in Meilin Garden for more than half a year, but he is almost a stranger to the residents here.Usually, the backyard gate, which is three or four hundred meters away from the front door, is always locked tightly. A huge lawn separates the back door from the residents of the villa. So far, no one has ever walked through the back door.This saves a lot of trouble, Luo Qiu and his partner Wang Chaoyong are very leisurely all day long.Whether they are on night shift or day shift, they only need to stay in the simple room...

Luo Qiu raised his head and looked out the window.The sky in the east has changed from gray to pale yellow, and the yard is gradually brightening up.He listened attentively to the movement outside, the courtyard this morning looked no different from usual, it was still so lonely that we could hear the weaving lady's cry.But for some reason, inexplicably, Luo Qiuqiu's heart began to fluctuate again.Anyway, the facts just now were too strange, "How did that woman know that the back door was open? Could it be that she had been spying on it a long time ago..." Thinking of this, Luo Qiu couldn't help shivering.Although he was still perfunctory with Cao Xiaoyang's nonsense, he was terrified in his heart.From the first day of work, the head of the security guard warned him not to bring outsiders into the duty room, saying that this is discipline and must be followed.The honest and honest father always told him: "It is not easy to find a job now, you must do it well. Merrill Garden is a high-end residential area, where rich and famous people gather. You have to do your best to shoulder the responsibility." Responsibility!" It should be said that he did not forget the warning from the security chief, and his father's exhortations often sounded in his ears, and he knew very well in his heart that as a vocational high school student, he should really work hard to have such a stable job. cherish.But since dating Cao Xiaoyang, a classmate from the vocational high school, he began to realize that he made mistakes.When he was on night shift, he always secretly took Cao Xiaoyang into the duty room through the back door.He was really worried about letting this wild girl let herself go outside.Cao Xiaoyang couldn't find a suitable job after graduating from vocational high school. After her parents were laid off, they both went to work in the south, and let her live with her deaf and blind grandma.Cao Xiaoyang has long since disobeyed her grandma's control, and hangs out with a bunch of boys and girls in nightclubs all day long, often staying out at night.Even so, Luo Qiu was deeply fascinated by her pretty face and eloquent mouth.In fact, shortly after the two dated, Luo Qiu found that Cao Xiaoyang was difficult to control. She was very good at lying, and she was able to make up lies seamlessly.When Cao Xiaoyang first went to the nightclub, he deceived him with lies. Later, when he saw that he was already a piece of dough in his hands, he simply ignored his anger and declared confidently: "When you are on the night shift, you can't accompany me at night. Me. I can go wherever I want, you have no control over me!" What can I do?Deep in the vortex of love, Luo Qiuqiu could no longer pull out his legs. Under the helpless situation, he decided to take the risk and took Cao Xiaoyang on night shift.In this way, on a weekend two months ago, Luo Qiu, who had carefully arranged, took the first step of violating discipline.In the evening, as usual, he rode a bicycle from the front door to the duty room in the backyard, and then waited patiently for Wang Chaoyong, who was on duty during the day, to leave.When the night began to cover the wilderness-like backyard, he took the key from the duty room, opened the piss door at the back door, went into the woods, walked quickly through the forest path, and brought in Cao Xiaoyang who was waiting at the end of the woods.At first, after he and Cao Xiaoyang came in, they vigilantly re-locked the urinal door. After a few times, seeing that nothing happened, they relaxed their vigilance, and simply closed the urinal door, and locked it again after Cao Xiaoyang left here at dawn. .Both of them were very excited about such an adventure. They thought it would be safe, even if the head of security came to check, he could hide Cao Xiaoyang in the bathroom.Unexpectedly, something went wrong in the unlocked urinal door...

Luo Qiuqiu was thinking worriedly, and the back figure of the woman with the white silk scarf fluttering from her back appeared in front of him again. "Do you think that woman is a thief?" Luo Qiu couldn't help but ask, losing his composure. After Cao Xiaoyang heard his words, he blinked his eyes and realized the truth: "I really can't tell. Everyone living in this compound is rich. You can tell which one is not so fat that thieves don't look at it." It's their fault!" "But when she ran out, she didn't hold anything in her hand." Luo Qiu said thoughtfully.

"Hey, are you stupid! To steal things from these people, can you move a color TV refrigerator out? This is similar to robbing a bank. They have money at home. Grab two bundles from the drawer and stuff them in their arms. It's over." Cao Xiaoyang said disapprovingly. "According to you, is she really a thief?" Luo Qiu asked nervously. "What does it matter if you're really a thief? She didn't steal from you, why are you in such a hurry!" Cao Xiaoyang robbed him relentlessly. "Where is it not easy for them to steal, why come to Meilin Garden to steal?" Luo Qiu muttered dejectedly.

Cao Xiaoyang didn't want to listen, and said with a small mouth: "You say you don't steal them, who should steal from the upstarts?" "That's not what I meant." Luo Qiu defended, "I mean, if Merrill Garden was really stolen, can I get rid of it?" "You are here again, what can I do for you?" "You still don't understand, the thief ran out through the back door!" "You are too mentally retarded! Who saw the thief running out of the back door? No one saw it except you and me, right? If you don't tell me, I won't say anything. If you don't admit it, what can they do to you? "

Luo Qiu thought for a while, but was still worried: "But that woman really ran out through the back door!" Cao Xiaoyang became anxious, poked his forehead with his fingers and said, "You're going to be so angry. I've spent so much time talking, but you still don't understand!" Luo Qiuqiu lowered his head resentfully, but he couldn't relax at all.In any case, he was responsible for the theft of Merrill Garden.If someone finds out that he let the thief go through the back door, his job will definitely be ruined... Luo Qiuqiu has no intention of being tenderly intimate with Cao Xiaoyang anymore.He looked at the sky outside, and said to Cao Xiaoyang distractedly: "Wang Chaoyong will come to change shift later. It's time for you to go home."

Cao Xiaoyang raised his head from the sofa with some amusement, looked at the sky outside, and said reluctantly: "It's still early!" But he still stood up and went to the bathroom to put on his coat. Cao Xiaoyang put on his coat, but still didn't intend to leave.If she didn't leave, Luo Qiu didn't dare to urge her to leave.Cao Xiaoyang dawdled for a long time, and finally plucked up the courage to say coquettishly: "Luo Luo, I'm afraid." When Luo Qiu was needed to step forward, Cao Xiaoyang always called him "Luo Luo" gently like a little girl. ".

"What are you afraid of?" Luo Qiu felt puzzled. "What if the woman is still in the woods?" Cao Xiaoyang raised his head and looked pitifully at the tall Luo Qiuqiu, as if someone in the woods really wanted to hurt her. Luo Qiuqiu looked at Cao Xiaoyang, who was as cute as a small bird, and was immediately moved: "I'll see you off, and send you out of the woods." Only then did Cao Xiaoyang follow behind Luo Qiuqiu and walk out of the duty room. The forest in late autumn is quiet. In the early morning, when there are no pedestrians in the forest, it becomes even more silent.With Luo Qiu in front and Cao Xiaoyang in the back, the two walked cautiously on the narrow forest path covered with weeds, completely devoid of the leisurely mood they used to have.Although the leaves in the forest have all fallen, the densely intertwined branches still weave into an airtight barrier, covering the sight of passers-by. No matter how wide your eyes are, it is difficult to see through the hidden secrets.Therefore, Luo Qiuqiu and Cao Xiaoyang each had their own concerns and walked silently. The two opened their eyes vigilantly to spy on the movement in the forest, and their steps became more and more cautious. "Chacha——" a slight but strange voice made the two of them stop at the same time.Cao Xiaoyang leaned into Luo Qiuqiu's arms with a look of horror.At this time, although Luo Qiuqiu was also quite nervous, he still had to put on a manly air.While wrapping his hands around Cao Xiaoyang's slender waist, he coughed loudly twice to show his strength. They stood on the path and listened carefully, but the sound stopped abruptly.As soon as he took two steps forward, the voice sounded again.Luo Qiu pulled the branches with his hands, stretched his neck and looked inside. The woods were quiet, and he saw nothing. "Let's go, maybe the wild rabbit ran over." After a while, Luo Qiu said.He didn't dare to waste any more time, if Wang Chaoyong found out his secret, it would be bad. Cao Xiaoyang couldn't believe it: "How can there be wild rabbits here!" Luo Qiu pretended to be relaxed: "Or it's a big mouse that came out to look for food." Cao Xiaoyang responded with his mouth, firmly pressed against Luo Qiuqiu's arms in doubt, and continued to walk forward. This did not go far, Cao Xiaoyang suddenly threw away Luo Qiu's arm, and ran forward as if flying.Before Luo Qiu came back to her senses, she had already run under a pine tree in front, pointing to a branch of the pine tree stretching to the side of the road and shouting incoherently: "Luo Luo, come quickly! Look, a silk scarf , a beautiful silk scarf." Luo Qiu looked up, and there was indeed a long white silk scarf floating on the branch. It trembled in the autumn wind, like a white flag mourning the dead.Luo Qiuqiu's heart sank. Isn't this white silk scarf the same as the one tied around the neck of the woman who ran out of the urinal?Why is her silk scarf hanging here?Was it pulled off by a branch, or... "Luo Luo, come on, help me take it off." Cao Xiaoyang stood on tiptoe impatiently, trying to remove the white silk scarf on the branch over and over again, but unfortunately her hand could only catch the silk scarf. One corner, and she couldn't bear to push her hard, so she had to ask the tall and burly Luo Qiu for help. "This belongs to that woman." Luo Qiuqiu said, looking up at the silk scarf on the branch. "It's not a woman's, how can it be a man's?" Cao Xiaoyang couldn't help teasing him again. Luo Qiuqiu shook his head: "I mean, this silk scarf belongs to the woman who ran out of the urinal." "What? How do you know it's hers?" Cao Xiaoyang asked back in surprise and annoyance, widening his eyes. Luo Qiuqiu ignored Cao Xiaoyang's emotions: "This is hers. She ran over, and the silk scarf was still floating behind her." "Stop talking nonsense, take it down for me!" Luo Qiuqiu wanted to say that this silk scarf was unlucky, but he swallowed the words again.Seeing Cao Xiaoyang salivating, he had no choice but to stretch his arms and take off the silk scarf. "Luo Luo, you are so kind!" Cao Xiaoyang grabbed the silk scarf in his hand, looked at the faint touch of landscape painting in the middle of the white silk scarf, with a surprised and happy expression in his eyes, and couldn't help shouting: "Wow, that's great Yes, Luo Luo, this is a new silk scarf, or a famous brand. It is a hand-painted European-style Paulina silk scarf imported from France by Baiyang Mall this autumn. Six strips cost more than a thousand yuan each! We girls have gone to see it several times, but we just can’t afford it.” Seeing that Cao Xiaoyang fell in love with this white silk scarf, Luo Qiuqiu became a little angry, and finally said what he wanted to say: "I don't think this silk scarf is very auspicious, maybe it was worn by a dead person..." "What nonsense are you talking about! Just now you said it belonged to that woman, why is it a dead man again!" Cao Xiaoyang screamed and interrupted Luo Qiuqiu's words.But she wasn't really angry, and she didn't feel jealous because of it. Instead, she tied the long silk scarf around her neck, turned around in a circle, and danced, "Luo Luo, do you look pretty?" Luo Qiuqiu was afraid of annoying her again, so he echoed: "It's beautiful! It's beautiful!" "I wanted you to buy one for me a long time ago, but I know you can't afford it with the money! The sales lady said that women who can afford this kind of silk scarves don't carry RMB on them." Luo Qiuqiu was puzzled: "Then what do they buy?" "Credit cards! You don't even understand this! I heard that few rich people are willing to count their money. People are afraid of dirty hands with money!" At this moment, Cao Xiaoyang is completely immersed in the happiness of the windfall and cannot extricate herself from it. Her pretty little face is as beautiful as a blooming flower. For a moment, Luo Qiu was deeply intoxicated by Cao Xiaoyang's beauty, but as soon as his eyes touched the white silk scarf, he suddenly woke up from this intoxication.He still felt that the silk scarf was unlucky.In any case, the behavior of the owner of this silk scarf running out of the urinal door desperately is also strange.Now, this woman is gone, in case she commits suicide somewhere in the woods or gets killed... God, where did I go... but what if... "Pick it off!" Thinking of this, Luo Qiu said to Cao Xiaoyang distractedly as he walked forward. At this moment, Cao Xiaoyang had already forgotten the word "fear" in the back of her mind, a white silk scarf seemed to have inserted a pair of wings for her, and she ran and jumped happily in front of Luo Qiu like a bird with.She was not annoyed when Luo Qiu spoke to her in a commanding tone, but turned around and said coquettishly, "I don't! I like wearing it." "No!" Luo Qiu said in an unquestionable tone. "What's the matter, Rollo?" "I don't agree! This thing is not yours, you have to return it to the owner." Luo Qiu racked his brains to come up with such a reason. "Hey, you want to learn from Lei Feng? In such a big city, where do you want me to find the owner? Or, if you pay two hundred yuan, I will advertise in the newspaper." Luo Qiuqiu made Cao Xiaoyang choke. But soon, Cao Xiaoyang obediently took off the silk scarf around his neck: "Okay, Luo Luo. If you don't want me to wear it, I'll just take it off." Luo Qiu couldn't help but put her in his arms, kissed her on the cheek and said, "This is a good girl!" The two were talking, and they had come to the end of the forest before they knew it.Luo Qiuqiu told Cao Xiaoyang to go home and sleep, and not to play around crazy.Cao Xiaoyang agreed one by one, and flew to the bus stop happily like a bird. When Luo Qiu returned to the backyard of Meilin Garden, the first thing he did after entering the door was to lock the urinal door.He thought with lingering fear, everything is finally over, from now on, he must remember to lock the door when going in and out. Back in the duty room, he hung the key in the old place. Seeing that it was still early for the shift change, he went to the bathroom and washed up in front of the broken mirror that was stained with mercury peeling off the wall.As if all the troubles have been locked out, Luo Qiu's mood has calmed down at this time.He looked at himself in the mirror with a satisfied look on his face. At this moment, there was a knock on the door. "Chaoyong, the door is open, why are you knocking!" Luo Qiu shouted loudly.With the toothbrush in his hand, he was still looking at himself in the mirror with interest. "I'm a policeman!" A man in a police uniform walked in with the sound of the door. Luo Qiu threw away the toothbrush in his hand and hurried out of the bathroom.Looking at the policeman in front of him, he couldn't help but "click" in his heart: something happened, something really happened! Police officer Ma Sen of the Criminal Investigation Brigade stood in front of Luo Qiuqiu. "Are you the security guard who was on duty here last night?" Ma Sen asked Luo Qiu while looking into his eyes while showing his ID. "Well! I am." Luo Qiu lowered his eyes, and he heard his own voice trembling. "Your name?" Mason asked again. "Luo Qiu." "Did anyone suspicious come out of the backyard this morning?" "No." "Was the backyard door locked last night?" "Yes! It's locked..." Mason frowned involuntarily. Luo Qiu tried to control his emotions, and asked worriedly, "What happened?" Ma Sen said carefully: "Last night, Jiang Yuan's wife Zhao Yuejing fell from the attic of the villa." Luo Qiuqiu was surprised: "You mean the dean of the painting academy, Jiang Yuan?" "That's right." Luo Qiu couldn't help asking again: "She...is she dead?" Mason said slowly: "Dead." Luo Qiu couldn't help but start to tremble all over.He leaned on the wall with one hand, trying to calm himself down: "She... she fell down by herself?" "The exact cause is unknown. We are investigating." Luo Qiuqiu was stunned for a moment: "Where's Jiang Yuan? Have you asked him?" Ma Sen glared at him: "Jiang Yuan is lecturing abroad." Luo Qiu asked again with a guilty conscience: "Then who else is in her family?" "No one. According to her family's part-time worker, Jiang Yuan has been living alone during the past few months when she went abroad." Luo Qiu couldn't help repeating: "Living alone..." Mason looked at him coldly: "Be careful when you are on duty here. If you find anyone suspicious, please call us." Then he put a business card on the old desk, "This is my business card with a contact number on it. By the way, do you have a phone number here?" Luo Qiu shook his head mechanically: "There is a phone, but it's an extension. You can only contact the security guard at the front door with a single line." "Oh, I see. How about this, you leave me your home phone number, so we can contact you if there is anything to do." Luo Qiuqiu was no longer flustered.Since the woman named Zhao Yuejing lived alone, she probably fell down the stairs by herself, and had nothing to do with the woman wearing the white scarf who ran away from the back door in the early morning.He came to the desk calmly, pointed to a piece of paper pressed under the glass and said, "This is my home phone number." Mason immediately took out a pen and a notebook from his jacket pocket and wrote them down.Then he shook hands with Luo Qiuqiu and walked out. Hearing the door slam shut behind Police Officer Mason, Luo Qiu sat down on the couch and heaved a sigh of relief.It turned out to be just a false alarm.He secretly rejoiced in his heart that he escaped a catastrophe.