Chapter 29 Section Thirteen

As soon as Su Yu stepped into the elevator, Song Ziyan's reply came. "Su Yu, I didn't go to work today. Strange things happened at home in the past two days, and Tingting was shocked again today. Come here quickly, I'm really scared!" Su Yu's heart tightened, what happened?Tingting!Did her mother's tragic fate extend to her? In Su Yu's eyes, Jiuli Xiangxi Villa is still as gloomy and weird as when he first saw it.I haven’t been here for several months, and nothing seems to have changed, except that many plants around the house are withered and withered. The original green vines and purple flowers have disappeared, and only a few dwarf pines are left rustling in the cold wind.

Su Yu pressed the doorbell too hard, making Aunt Lin complain while opening the door: "Who! Ring the bell so desperately, don't wake Tingting up! Oh, it's Mr. Su." This Auntie Lin, Su Yu, knew her. She worked in the Qin family for many years and brought up Tingting single-handedly. She had seen her last time when Su Yu came to attend the funeral. "Aunt Lin, who is here? Is it Su Yu?" Song Ziyan said, walking quickly down the spiral staircase.Her pretty cheeks looked a little haggard. "Zi Yan, what's going on? What's wrong with Tingting?" Song Ziyan held Su Yu's hand tightly, and said with a slightly trembling voice: "Su Yu, if Aunt Lin hadn't found out in time this afternoon, Tingting would have drowned in the fish tank."

"Speak slowly, what's going on?" Su Yu asked calmly. As soon as the two of them sat down on the huge leather sofa, Aunt Lin quickly served tea.Song Ziyan calmed down, and then began to talk about the strange things in the villa in the past two days. "Actually, I was going to tell you. But I saw that you were in a bad mood because of Brother Pengfei's case, so I didn't want you to worry about it. But I didn't expect such a horrible scene to happen today. A few days ago, Ting Isn’t Ting sick? Doctor Tang advised her to rest for a few days, so she didn’t go to kindergarten, and stayed at home with Aunt Lin to take care of her. Yesterday, I was working in the company, and I suddenly received a call from Aunt Lin, saying that Tingting had come from home. I fell down the stairs. I hurried back, and when I asked, I realized that something was wrong."

Aunt Lin, who was standing aside, interjected, "Yes, I was terrified at the time. I was cooking in the kitchen, and Tingting was upstairs watching TV. Everything was fine. But suddenly I heard an ah, I ran out quickly to see that Tingting had rolled down the stairs and was crying on the floor. I quickly picked her up and touched her everywhere. Fortunately, she didn’t fall too hard, but her legs were scratched A little bit of skin. In my heart, I just recite Amitabha." "Then did you ask how she fell?" "I asked, she said that when she was watching TV, suddenly a butterfly flew into the house, she went to catch the butterfly, and chased it all the way to the stairs. When the butterfly flew downstairs, she also ran downstairs. I fell down. But it’s winter, where are the butterflies? I looked around, but I didn’t see any butterfly shadows.”

Su Yu thought for a while and asked, "Aunt Lin, did you check the stairs at that time, is there anything weird on it?" Aunt Lin opened her mouth in surprise and said, "Mr. Su, how do you know? Really, I climbed up the stairs to check, but at the corner, I found a large piece of oil stains, like the kind of engine oil used in factories. Things are so slippery that adults will fall if they step on them, let alone children." "Someone must have sprinkled it there on purpose. Aunt Lin remembers clearly that she cleaned the stairs very well in the morning. And that strange butterfly, I think someone also deliberately released it to attract Tingting." Song Ziyan said .

Su Yu nodded and continued to ask: "Aunt Lin, before this incident happened yesterday, was there anyone else in the villa besides you and Tingting?" Aunt Lin looked at Song Ziyan, and said with some hesitation: "Actually, I told the second lady yesterday that Tingting and I were the only ones at home all day. Tingting's father usually leaves early and returns late, and has to come every night. I came back very late. It’s rare to have a meal at home. The second lady also didn’t come back to accompany Tingting until evening. As for someone who came, when I looked up when I was chopping vegetables, I saw a figure swaying by the window , looks like a woman, wearing a purple dress, tall, she passed by in a flash, and she didn't really see it very clearly."

Su Yu looked at Song Ziyan and asked, "You two already have doubts in your heart, don't you?" Song Ziyan raised her eyebrows and said softly: "It must be her, it must be Chen Xue. She was wearing a short purple coat yesterday when she was in the company. Moreover, she was not there when the regular meeting was held in the afternoon. Secretary Xiao Wang said that she drove out." "It's really suspicious." Su Yufeng frowned slightly, and then asked, "Then why did Tingting fall into the fish tank today?" Aunt Lin said guiltily: "It's all my fault. After what happened yesterday, the second lady told me to keep Tingting close. However, something happened again today. If Mr. Qin knows I don't want to do it anymore. I saw Tingting fell asleep, so I thought about going downstairs to get the unfinished sweater up and knitting. But just turned around, and About ten minutes later, Tingting disappeared. I hurriedly searched everywhere, but found her lying on the edge of the big glass fish tank on the roof terrace, and almost fell into it. When I picked her up , she was still groggy, and she kept saying that she wanted to play with Xiaoyu. Poor child, I was really afraid that she might be possessed by an evil spirit. Fortunately, the second lady came back in time and brought Dr. Tang. Otherwise, I really don't know what to do."

Song Ziyan shook her head: "It's definitely not bewitched. I just heard from Dr. Tang that Tingting told him that someone picked her up and put her on the fish tank. She was in a daze, and only heard that person hugging her. I heard in my ear that the little fish in the fish tank felt very lonely, and asked her to go play with her in the water. It’s a pity that the child is too young to tell what kind of person that person is.” Su Yu's eyes flashed: "Zi Yan, last time I came to stand in the yard and looked at it, I remembered that there are two stairs on the roof terrace, one side can go up directly from the house, and the other side leads to the villa. backyard, eh?"

"You have a good memory. It's true. The stairs on the other side are not usually used. They are only used by the workers of the flower and tree company when they come to fertilize the flowers and plants and remove insects. They will directly enter and exit through the backyard door instead of going through the main entrance of the villa." Su Yu said slowly: "I speculate that someone might have opened the backyard door and quietly came up from the stairs on that side. When Aunt Lin left, he picked up Tingting who was sleeping and put her next to the fish tank. The purpose was to cause trouble. The illusion of her own drowning."

"Could it be her again, Chen Xue?! I really can't think of anyone who is so familiar with the situation in the villa." Song Ziyan blurted out. Su Yu thought about it and asked: "Didn't Chen Xue treat Tingting very well before? At least on the surface, she seemed to be very good. Have you noticed any problems between her and your brother-in-law recently?" Song Ziyan thought for a while and said, "Recently, my brother-in-law's temper is very irritable, and he will get angry at every turn. Everyone in the company is careful, for fear of accidentally offending him. Just a few days ago, I heard my brother-in-law outside the office door I was arguing with Chen Xue. It wasn't that I eavesdropped on purpose. Their voices were so loud that many people in the company heard them. It seemed that Tingting was mentioned inside and outside the words. In the end, Chen Xue slammed the door and came out. To put it bluntly, you only care about Tingting. In your heart, there is no me at all. There were tears on my face when I spoke. My brother-in-law was pale at the time and didn't say a word. Since that day, I haven't seen Chen Xuelai at home Pass."

Aunt Lin also nodded hurriedly and said: "That's right, one day I also saw Miss Chen Xue running back with tears in her eyes, packing up a lot of her clothes from the guest room upstairs, angrily grabbing a box and heading out the door." Let's go. I followed behind and asked what was the matter. I still remember her saying that they are the biological father and daughter, so what am I! Then I left without looking back. At night, President Qin came back, and I mentioned it to him. After a while, he snorted and didn't say anything. Most likely, the two fell out. I always thought that my wife was gone, and Mr. Qin would marry Miss Chen Xue sooner or later. " Song Ziyan was so nervous that her lips turned white slightly, and she asked: "Su Yu, do you think that brother-in-law and Chen Xue fell out for some reason, and she blamed Tingting for doing such vicious things." Su Yu listened carefully to what the two of them said, thought for a while, got up and said, "Zi Yan, let's go up to the rooftop terrace to have a look, whether it's Chen Xue or someone else, if someone comes in through the back door and goes up to the terrace, they will always be there." There will be some traces." "Okay, come with me." Song Ziyan held his hand, as if she had found her courage again.The two went up the stairs to the second floor, turned a corner, walked past Tingting's room, opened two large glass doors, and there was a spacious and quiet terrace. Su Yu asked Song Ziyan to wait, and looked around on the terrace by herself, touched the railing with her hands for a while, lay down on the ground to study the fuzzy footprints carefully, and finally wandered around the big glass fish tank several times. After fiddling for a while, he patted the dirt on his hands and said, "Okay, the basic situation is clear, let's go to the yard to have a look." Su Yu pulled Song Ziyan along the stone steps on the left to the backyard .He unplugged the latch on the back door, opened the door, took a few steps outside, and then backed out, walking like this several times. "Su Yu, did you find something?" "Well, Zi Yan, look, there are scratches on this door that were pried by hard objects, and it is very new, which means that someone pried open the door from the outside and entered the yard just today. The few footprints here are obviously left just now. It is very shallow, which means that the person is walking on tiptoe, trying to walk on tiptoe. This can also be seen from the footprints. The pattern on the sole is very clear, which means that he has not worn it for a long time Very new. Here, and here, are the footprints of this man." Song Ziyan followed Su Yu's instructions to look one by one, and finally came to the stone steps on the left. "Su Yu, do you think she went to the balcony?" "It must be. Just now I saw a few identical footprints on the terrace, all the way to the house. Also, I found this by the big fish tank." Su Yu said, opening his hands. Thin thorns. "what is this?" "It should be a thorn on some kind of cactus plant. But I saw that there is no such plant in your yard, so this must be the sole of the intruder's shoe. He walked to the fish tank with Tingting in his arms. It can also be speculated that this kind of plant was planted in the place where he came. And it is very likely—” Su Yu stopped, thinking about something silently. "Su Yu, what should I do? Should I hide Tingting? What if Chen Xue, no, that infiltrator hurts Tingting again?" Song Ziyan asked. Su Yu patted her hand lightly: "Don't be nervous, change the lock on the back door, please take a few days off to stay with Tingting at home, let Aunt Lin pay more attention to the door, and contact me in time if there is any situation. Nothing will happen." Su Yu's gentle voice made Song Ziyan calm down a little. "Also, that infiltrator is definitely not Chen Xue, he is a man." Su Yu said, pulling Song Ziyan along the stone steps back to the roof terrace. "How do you know that the infiltrator is a man?" Song Ziyan asked in surprise as she walked. "Step distance, the step distance between men and women is very different. I just measured the step distance between those footprints at the back door. Unless it is a woman over 1.8 meters, who can take such a big step every step? And Chen Xue's height is only about the same as yours, about 1.65 meters. And judging from the depth of the footprints, this person's weight is at least 160 catties, and he will definitely not be the slender Chen Xue. Those pair of The shoe prints were also a pair of men's shoes, size 42, so I presume the sneaker was a man." "Who could it be? Besides Chen Xue, who would treat Tingting like this?" Su Yu turned around on the terrace again, walked to the huge glass fish tank, frowned and said, "Although it wasn't Chen Xue herself, it can't be ruled out that she instructed others to do it. In short, from the current point of view, her suspicion The biggest. Zi Yan, do you know where Chen Xue lives in Jiangcheng?" "I heard that she bought a house, but I don't know where it is. She usually walks alone and doesn't socialize with her colleagues very much. No one in the company has ever visited her house." Song Ziyan was talking, when suddenly Su Yu yelled, and suddenly lay down beside the big fish tank, rolled up her sleeves, stretched out her hands, and fished for something among the entangled aquatic plants at the bottom of the tank. "Su Yu, what are you looking for?" Su Yu didn't answer, but struggled to fish. After a while, with a splash, she raised her hand from the water, and there was a wet doll in her hand. "It's Tingting's Barbie! It's a Christmas gift my sister bought for her in Hong Kong. She sleeps with her in her arms every night." Song Ziyan exclaimed. "It seems that when the infiltrator brought Tingting over, Tingting was holding this Barbie doll in her hand. As soon as she let go, the doll fell into the fish tank. Wait, this doll," Su Yu's heart moved, Suddenly asked, "Zi Yan, was this doll a pair when you bought it?" "Yeah, a couple, sister Barbies for Christmas. How do you know?" "Then you lost one, didn't you?" "Yeah, after my sister's funeral was over, I found that one was missing when I moved in. I don't know when it was lost. Why, have you seen that doll?" Su Yu said in a deep voice: "I've seen it before. On the night when your sister had an accident, that doll was thrown off the 17th floor of the Crown Hotel by a pretending female ghost, and was picked up by a homeless man. Now it should be in the criminal police team. In the evidence box." Song Ziyan said in confusion: "Su Yu, why can't I understand what you are saying? What kind of female ghost? What kind of evidence?" At this time, Su Yu's cell phone suddenly beeped, it was a short message from Wang Gang. "Zi Yan, I'm sorry, I'm going back to the criminal police team right now, so I can't accompany you. As for the doll, I'll come over tomorrow and tell you in detail. I'm going to take this doll to the team." Su Yuman said apologetically. "I'll wait for you at home tomorrow." Song Ziyan said softly.For some reason, Su Yu's heart suddenly became like a spring pond full of water, almost overflowing. He lowered his head and kissed Song Ziyan's ruddy and trembling lips, Song Ziyan could not help but hum softly. "I love you, Zi Yan." "I love you too." Just as Su Yu was about to say something more, the smile on Song Ziyan's face suddenly froze, and her eyes drifted to somewhere behind him. As soon as Su Yu turned around, in front of the large glass sliding door, a man with elegant temperament was putting his hands in his pockets, looking at the two of them in a rather relaxed posture. "Doctor Tang, why did you come out? How is Tingting?" Song Ziyan's tone was obviously dissatisfied.It is too embarrassing to peek at the lingering love between a pair of lovers like this. "She's asleep. Don't worry, you'll be fine tomorrow after rest. Mr. Su, hello, do you remember me? We met before." Tang Jue held out her hand to Su Yu with a smile. "I remember, how come I don't remember? When we first met, Dr. Tang also recited a poem by Li Bai. It is very memorable." "Mr. Su has a really good memory. He is worthy of being a detective. No wonder he is favored by Ms. Song." The two men shook hands enthusiastically, but their eyes seemed to be competing with each other. "But Miss Song has many suitors, Mr. Su, please be careful." Tang Jue said seemingly unintentionally. Song Ziyan interjected coldly: "Su Yu, the criminal police team is still waiting for you, I'll take you out." Tang Jue stepped aside in embarrassment, watching the sweet couple leave.Su Yu walked out of the door and looked back subconsciously. In this gorgeous big house, he always seemed to feel an indescribably cold air.Qin Haotian's evasive gaze, Chen Xue's growing doubts, and strange intruders, these fogs have always entangled the lonely and helpless Ziyan and Tingting. And that Tang Jue, there seemed to be something strange about this person. With these question marks in his mind, Su Yu quickly walked into the dimly lit conference room of the criminal police team.