Chapter 1: Sniping

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  In the living room of Room 1106, a tall man wearing home clothes was hugging a petite woman who was also wearing couple's home clothes on the sofa. It could be seen that the woman was still shivering with fear.

  Gu Hanhao and Yuan Jun introduced themselves, but Ling Lan didn't know how to introduce herself, so she just nodded sympathetically at the trembling woman. The other party obviously thought she was also a detective, and politely nodded in response.

  At the request of Inspector Han Hao, the tall man recounted again the quarrel they had heard at the time of the incident.

  "It was probably around 10:05, yes, that's right. My wife and I were watching a TV series in the living room when we heard a man yelling from next door. At first, his voice wasn't loud, and we couldn't make out what he was saying, but we could tell he was furious, and it sounded like he had smashed something. It was quiet for about five minutes, then the noise got louder again, and the man's anger escalated. He said something that I still couldn't quite catch. Finally, around 10:15, I clearly heard three words - the man shouted 'Vampire!' at the top of his lungs!" As he spoke the last three words, the tall man unconsciously pulled his wife closer to him.

  "Can you confirm that the person who shouted loudly is your neighbor Cai Wei Qi?" asked Gu Hanhao.

  "This, I'm not too sure about, because Mr. Cai next door just moved in around a week ago, and I've only spoken to him once, which was on the day he moved in when I greeted him and invited him to visit my home when he's free, as neighbors should look out for each other and all that. He also only exchanged pleasantries with me for two sentences." The man said, glancing at his wife in his arms.

  His wife nodded with a lingering fear, "I'm even more uncertain now, because I've never heard Mr. Cai speak, only exchanged smiles a few times when we met in the elevator."

  Gu Hanhao thought for a moment, "What tone did he use when he said 'vampire'?"

  Obviously this question has stumped the couple, Ling Lan can tell that this is a question that Yan Li Xing had not asked before.

  "Is it astonishment or indignation? Is it a swift utterance or a slow gnashing of teeth?"

  The man suddenly clapped his forehead, "It's unbelievable, no, it's an unbelievably tone, not slow, just like the other person is someone he knows, but unexpectedly, that acquaintance turned out to be a vampire!"

  Gu Hanhao and Yuan Jun exchanged a glance. If there was only one person in the city who disguised himself as a vampire, then the culprit who pushed Cai Weiqi off the building might very likely be him.

  "Does the man say 'vampire' as a single word, or is it embedded in a sentence? Is it possible that you only heard this one word clearly because he emphasized it strongly, but missed the context of the conversation?"

  The woman replied, "It's just three words in a sentence. I'm sure of it, but we really didn't hear the sentence clearly, after all, there was still a TV series playing on TV."

  "Yes, my wife was particularly angry about his disturbing behavior at that time and even turned up the TV volume a bit, but we could still hear the noise from next door."

  Gu Hanhao instructed Yuan Jun, "Bring those three suspects' photos over and let these two take a look."

  Yuan Jun took out a photo from his bag and handed it over to the man and woman on the sofa.

  "These three people, have you seen them? I mean, have they appeared around this apartment building or inside the apartment? Especially this man wearing a white coat." The man in a white coat mentioned by Gu Hanhao was Dr. Huo, Shao Meiyan's doctor, whose hospital was near this apartment building.

  Ling Lan could guess what Gu Han Hao was thinking at this moment. He must have thought that the deceased Cai Wei Qi knew Ou Feng, and Ou Feng's accomplice was one of these three people, so Cai Wei Qi also knew Ou Feng's accomplice.

  The woman only glanced at the photos and said decisively: "I've never seen these people. Are they related to Mr. Cai's death?"

  Gu Hanhao pinned his hopes on the man and replied simply: "It can't be confirmed yet."

  Yuan Jun asked from the side, "Did you guys really only hear one person's voice? Didn't you hear any other sounds?"

  The man nodded, "Maybe the other person wasn't as angry as Mr. Cai, and spoke in a very soft voice. Or maybe he was mute, otherwise how could he not retort when faced with such an infuriating man? Or maybe, or maybe there was only Mr. Cai alone in the room, and everything was his own monologue."

  "How could you think of this?" Gu Hanhao was clearly very interested in this statement.

  The man mysteriously blinked his eyes, "Because I was very curious at the time, I stood at the door and looked out through the peephole. I thought that the quarrelsome voices next door had stopped, probably they had already finished arguing, and that person should have left. I wanted to see if this person was really a vampire. As a result, I waited at the door for more than five minutes, but no one passed by my door, nor did I hear any sound of opening or closing the door next door. To know, from room 1104, in order to go to the elevator, you must pass by my door. So I thought, either that person was really a vampire and jumped out directly from the window, or there was only Mr. Cai in the room next door, and no one was arguing with him, he had multiple personalities, arguing with himself!"

  Compared to the man's increasing excitement, Gu Hanhao was very calm, and with just a light sentence, he made the man suddenly calm down. He said: "There is another possibility that the person quietly opened the door and walked downstairs from the other side of the pedestrian staircase."

  The man suddenly realized, feeling a bit embarrassed, "Oh, right, there's also the stairs. You can go to the other side of the stairs without passing by my door." He said, "You see, for those of us living in high-rise buildings, we always take the elevator when entering and exiting, so we've forgotten that there are even stairs." Welcome to Ninth Literature, search for "Ninth Literature" on any search engine to quickly enter this site. This site permanently provides free pop-up windows and txt format download services!

  Ling Lan smiled secretly on one side, this man was probably not as relaxed when he was being questioned by Yan Lixing just now, but now that he had changed to a relatively good-looking young police officer who was about the same age as him, his words were no longer guarded.

  Ling Lan's whole body shook at the thought, wasn't she the same? If Gu Hanhao was a stern uncle like Yan Lixing, would she have agreed to cooperate with him in the investigation? The answer is no. If Gu Hanhao was that type of person, would she still be pulling on his arm, being coquettish and playful, insisting on following him to participate in the investigation? The answer is also no. By extension, she wouldn't have lived across from his house, or looked at photos with him up close, or cried in front of him about Peng Ze's infidelity, or pretended to be cute in front of him to play that software. Ling Lan suddenly thought of when they were at the Shaos' villa, Gu Hanhao had pretended to be a vampire and wrapped her in his arms, his lips almost touching her neck. If she took off his hat and saw Yan Lixing's face instead, she would have slapped him and shouted: Pervert!

  "What are you thinking about? Do you have any more questions?" Gu Hanhao interrupted Ling Lan's thoughts, and only then did she realize that Gu Hanhao and Yuan Jun had already walked to the door, so she quickly followed them.

  Ling Lan finally concluded to herself that the reason for all this was just because of her love for beauty, which everyone has. She had to admit that Gu Han Hao was a high-rich-handsome guy, and when he wasn't showing off, being selfish, going crazy, or putting on airs, he was actually quite approachable. That's why Ling Lan unknowingly developed a tiny bit of good feeling towards him, measured in micrometers.