Chapter 4 Chapter Three

The butler said fiercely: "No!" I still insisted: "We want to meet the professor, can we?" Before the butler could answer, a loud voice sounded from the door of the house: "Larry, please come in." The light at the door came on suddenly, and I saw a tall, rosy-faced old man standing at the door. Larry—the butler—sadly opened the iron door and let us in. When we reached the door, Professor Luo turned sideways. Conceding, I shook hands with him: "I'm really sorry to bother you at such a late night." Professor Luo smiled heartily: "Of course you came here on urgent business."

I immediately said, "Wang Yan, your assistant, has he ever come to see you?" Professor Lomono raised two surprisingly thick eyebrows: "Are you police officers?" I was stunned, why did he immediately think of the police?When I inquired about it, Professor Luo said, "I'm afraid he might be in trouble. He called me in the evening, and it was Larry, my housekeeper, who answered, saying that he would come to visit me soon. His tone, according to Larry, was very anxious, Larry, didn't he?" At this time, the butler with a ghastly face was standing beside us and said, "Yes, Professor."

Professor Luo spread his hands: "But he never came. After I waited for an hour, I asked Larry to call his home repeatedly, but he is not at home, is he, Larry?" Larry said again: "Yes, Professor." As soon as I heard Larry's mechanical answer, I immediately felt a strong disgust in my heart.And it was immediately concluded that Larry was lying. Because, if someone called Wang Yan an hour after the evening, I would definitely know.I was at Wang Yan's home at that time!In fact, when I was at Wang Yan's house, no one called at all. But at the time, I didn't make it clear, because I thought it was a trivial matter: what's the big deal about a lazy butler who doesn't obey his master's orders?

Professor Luo said: "It's almost midnight now, so I think something must have happened to him." I glanced at Yan Fen, Yan Fen looked very depressed, and lowered her head. I said goodbye to her and retreated. The housekeeper Larry followed us step by step until we walked out of the iron gate. Yanfen and I got into the car and sighed: "Where should we go to find Wang Yan?" Yanfen shook her head sadly: "I don't know where else he can go." I said, "Then, we have to call the police." Yan Fen hurriedly said: "No! You forgot Wang Yan's hand──"

As soon as I mentioned Wang Yan's hand, I felt my hair stand on end. Yan Fen paused and said, "I think he definitely doesn't want people to know. It's better not to work the police for now." I nodded, turned the car around, and drove down the hill. We went back to Wang Yan's residence again, hoping that Wang Yan could come back, so that we could understand what strange things happened.However, in the anxious anticipation, the night passed quickly, but Wang Yan did not come back. I can tell that Yan Fen is a woman with a very strong character, because she just fidgeted and didn't cry during the anxious waiting that night!At dawn, Yan Fen's beautiful face looked very haggard. The two of us looked at each other, and I rubbed my hands: "Miss Yan, can we call the police?"

Yan Fen nodded wordlessly, and I picked up the phone. However, I only dialed two "nine" characters, and the doorbell rang suddenly. I put down the phone, rushed to the door, and pulled the door open as quickly as possible. Hold on, because I am afraid that Wang Yan will run away again when he sees me here. However, I stretched out my hand and immediately froze in mid-air. The one standing at the door was not Wang Yan! I was stunned at first, and then I couldn't help but smile wryly. Of course, it shouldn't be Wang Yan standing at the door. Why did Wang Yan ring the doorbell when he came back to his home?Because Yan Fen and I really hoped that Wang Yan would come back, so when we heard the doorbell, we thought it was him.I withdrew my hand, Dingqing looked, and saw three people outside the door, one was a police officer and the other two were plainclothes officers.

I turned around and smiled at Yan Fen, and said, "The police have already arrived at the door." Yan Fen's composure was slowly breaking down, her complexion turned pale, and she asked, "What are you three doing here?" The police officer took a step forward and said, "Wang Yan, do you live here?" Yan Fen said: "What happened to him?" The police officer asked again: "Miss, who are you to him?" Yan Fen took a breath, straightened her chest, and said, "I am his fiancée. This Mr. Wei is our good friend. We waited for him here all night, but he didn't come back."

The police officer's voice became very deep: "Miss Yan, you have to be brave and muster up the courage to face the reality." Yan Fen's voice was trembling: "He... what happened to him?" The police officer spread his hands and said: "In the early morning, under the road to the top of the mountain, on a cliff, we found the wreckage of his car." Yan Fen's body began to sway, I hurried over to support her, Yan Fen's bravery surprised me, she said in a deep voice: "Then what about others, is there any hope?" The police officer said: "His car happened to be resting on a big rock, and it has been destroyed to a scrap iron. Miss, according to my experience, when the car is destroyed in such a situation, the driver will never survive."

I heard something strange in the police officer's words, and hurriedly said: "What do you mean, but his body was not found?" The police officer sighed, and said: "The sea is under the cliff, the car slipped down and hit the rock, the door must have been shaken open first, sir, please believe me, under such a shock, anyone would immediately pass out , the car rested on the boulder, and he fell into the sea." Yan Fen and I didn't say a word, Yan Fen covered her face with her hands and finally burst into tears. I wanted to say something, but my throat seemed to be choked by something, and I couldn't say a word.

The police officer took off his hat: "He died painlessly, may he go to heaven." Yan Fen suddenly raised her head and said, "His corpse──" The police officer said: "The police are trying to find it, but I'm afraid there is little hope, and it will be difficult to achieve it!" I quickly asked, "Is there any possibility for him to escape?" The police officer sighed and looked at me: "Mr. Wei, I don't think he will. Even if it is you, it is difficult to escape under such circumstances." I was stunned for a while, actually I should have thought that the senior police officer knew me more than I knew them.

I smiled wryly, but I didn't have the courage to look at Yan Fen who was sitting on the sofa and was crying.Of course, if Wang Yan's car overturned and fell off the cliff, it would be difficult for him to escape, because he is just a mathematician, not a person who is used to adventurous life and has agility. The police officer reached out and patted me on the shoulder: "Mr. Wei, the responsibility to comfort Ms. Yan falls on you." Before I could make a sound, I heard Yan Fen say: "I don't need anyone to comfort me!" Although her voice was still very dry, one could tell that this voice came from a brave heart . I looked at her and saw that she had stood up, and there were still tears in her eyes, but she was no longer sobbing. Yan Fen took a breath and continued: "Officer, can you take me to the scene to have a look?" The police officer hesitated for a moment: "Yes—" He paused before saying, "Brave lady." I quickly said, "Let's go together." Yan Fen nodded silently. We went out together and went down the stairs. The police officer's car was waiting at the door. We all sat in it, and the car sped forward. The sky that day was very gloomy, it was still drizzling, the weather was overcast and cold, there were many people in the car, the windows were soon covered with a layer of moisture, and it was impossible to see the scenery outside clearly. But even so, I immediately discovered that the road that this car is walking on is the road that Yan Fen and I passed by when we went to Professor Lomono’s place last night. I said to the senior police officer: “He is here. Did you crash on the road?" The police officer nodded and said, "It's near the top of the mountain." I said sharply: "Then, he must have gone to see Professor Lomono, the road was slippery and rainy, that's why the accident happened." Yan Fen lowered her head and kept silent. The police officer asked me back, "Did Wang Yan and Professor Luo know each other?" I said: "Wang Yan is Professor Luo's assistant, a student." The police officer shook his head and sighed: "The place where the accident happened was only thirty yards away from Professor Luo's residence. After we found the wreckage of the car, , I once visited Professor Luo, and both he and his housekeeper said they heard the sound of a car falling off a cliff, but they never imagined that the person who fell into the car was actually their friend." I felt strange again in my heart, and said, "Professor Luo ever mentioned that he heard a sound like a falling car. When did it happen?" The police officer said, "It was about two o'clock in the morning." At two o'clock in the morning, Yan Fen and I left Professor Lomono's residence yesterday, and it was already midnight. If we could wait on the road, would this accident be prevented? My heart was very heavy. For a while, no one in the car spoke again until the car stopped. I got out of the car first, and saw several policemen standing on the edge of the cliff, pointing down.I hurried over, and when I looked down, I saw the wreckage of Wang Yan's car. The wreckage of the car was about 50 meters away from where we stood. It was a protruding hill with the gloomy sea below.Half of his car was beyond the boulder, and the other door just hooked the corner of the stone, so the car could not fall into the sea. Not long after I looked at it, the police officer next to me handed me a binoculars. Through the binoculars, the wreckage of the car could be seen more clearly, and the license plate was still intact. Of course, the police knew the owner of the car from the license plate. who is it. Looking through the binoculars, the degree of damage to the car can be seen even more clearly. It is no longer a car, but a pile of scrap iron.After seeing such a situation, I had to agree with the police officer who heard that Wang Yan would never survive. I looked at it for a while, then handed the binoculars to Yan Fen who was beside me, but Yan Fen didn't take it.He just asked: "When will the car be hoisted up?" The police officer said: "There is no need for this car to be hoisted up. After you have seen it, you are going to push it into the sea." Yanfen was silent, and I suddenly thought of something: Even though Wang Yan's body had fallen into the sea, would he leave something in the car?The car hadn't caught fire, so if there was something left behind, it should be possible to find it. However, because the window glass was all shaken with cracks, it was impossible for me to see clearly what else was in the compartment. I took away the binoculars again, glanced at the steep cliff, and said, "I'm going to go down and see if Wang Yan has left anything behind." The police officer said: "I don't think it's necessary. The mountain wall is very slippery. Unless someone hangs you down with a rope, it's too unsafe." I smiled: "It doesn't matter, I will go down safely." The police officer didn't make a sound anymore, I grabbed the stone corner, the branch and everything I could grasp, and slowly lowered my body down, and after about ten minutes, I had already arrived at the wreckage of the car. , I'm also covered in mud. I broke a piece of cracked glass, poked my head in, and saw the steering wheel was twisted and broken. It took me a long time to open the small drawer on the front panel, but except for a few odd things, there was nothing there. Nothing else. I am very disappointed, because what happened to Wang Yan, Wang Yan's hand, is still a mystery to me.I pulled my head back, and suddenly, my eyes stopped on the broken steering wheel. The steering wheel and the wooden boards of the front of the car were very clean, without any blood stains. I immediately asked myself in my heart: When the car was damaged to such an extent, could it be that Wang Yan's body was thrown out of the car door and fell straight into the sea without being injured at all? If he had been injured beforehand, why wasn't there any blood in the car? As soon as I thought of this, my doubts became even worse.I stood by the car for a while.There are only two possibilities: one is that Wang Yan was shaken out of the car without being injured.The second is that Wang Yan was not in the car at all, and what fell down was an empty car! If it is really the second case, then there is a lot to write about! I climbed up the cliff again, I didn't say anything to the police officer, I just pulled Yan Fen and walked away, Yan Fen saw that my face was very serious, she asked me in a low voice: "Did you find out?" what?" I looked back, and the police officers on the edge of the cliff were discussing how to push the wreckage of the car into the sea. Of course, according to the police files, this would be a traffic accident without a doubt. But I don't think so.I took a breath: "There is no trace of blood inside the car, maybe when the car fell off the cliff, Wang Yan was not in the car at all." Yan Fen shook and stopped. Before she expressed any opinion, a car drove up in front of us. I pulled Yan Fen to avoid it, and I saw that it was Professor Lomono who was driving. I quickly raised my hand and shouted: "Professor! Professor!" Professor Lomono should have heard my call, I just wanted to tell him that Wang Yan had died near his home.But Professor Luo didn't stop, and the car moved faster. And at that time, I suddenly saw half of my face exposed on the rear window of the car, looking towards me and Yan Fen, although the half of my face was only slightly exposed, and immediately shrank back, but I It is certain that the person sitting in the back of the car and looking at us from the rear window after the car passed us was none other than Professor Luo's ghastly butler! Professor Luo was driving, and his housekeeper was sitting in the back of the car. That was already very suspicious. Moreover, when the car passed by me just now, I didn't see anyone in the back seat of the car, so of course the housekeeper was lying down.Why is he lying down?Don't want people to find him?And why doesn't he want us to find him? Professor Luo's car has long gone, but there are more and more problems in my mind. I didn't wake up suddenly until Yan Fen spoke.Yan Fen asked: "Mr. Wei, you said that Wang Yan did not die because of this?" I thought for a while and said, "It's hard to say—Miss Yan, you said that Professor Lomono's family is only him and his housekeeper?" Yan Fen obviously didn't know why I suddenly asked this question under the current situation, she was taken aback for a moment, and then nodded.I said: "Just now, his butler was watching us from the rear window of the car, have you ever seen it?" Yan Fen was surprised: "Really?" I whispered: "Miss Yan, I want to do something, I believe it will benefit Wang Yan's mysterious experience, can you help me?" Yan Fen wiped away the tears: "Yes." I went to the police officer and told him that in order to comfort Yan Fen, we had to walk to the top of the mountain and tell them to do things on their own without waiting to send us down the mountain. The police officer agreed to my request, and Yan Fen and I Fern walked slowly up the hill, and after a while, she had bypassed Professor Luo's house and reached the hill behind his house. At that time, we could no longer see the police officers working beside the cliff, so I stopped and said, "Miss Yan, wait for me here." Yan Fen opened her eyes wide and asked, "Where are you going? " I pointed forward, "I'll sneak into Professor Luo's room and take a look." Yan Fen said in a voiceless voice, "What is this for? The police are right in front of his room, and you actually want to commit illegal activities." I smiled wryly: "Is it illegal to go into someone's house and take a look? You know, maybe you can discover a lot by looking at it." Yan Fen asked: "What do you want to discover?" I kicked the pebbles on the hillside: "It's hard to say, I just have a vague concept now, but it's still unrealistic, and new discoveries are needed to support it." Yan Fen refused to let it go, and said: "What is the concept in your mind?" I said: "Wang Yan came to find Professor Luo, and the police believed that he fell into the sea in an accident before he arrived at Professor Luo's home. According to Professor Luo's testimony, the time of the crash was at two o'clock in the morning." Yan Fen nodded and said, "That's right." I said: "But I drew up another possibility: Wang Yan met Professor Luo, but his car somehow fell off the cliff. When the car fell down, he was not in the car at all." Yan Fen looked at me with a serious expression: "What is your basis?" I said: "My basis is that there is no trace of blood among the wreckage of the car."