Hearing that sentence, their blood instantly ran cold. "T—That person is still here?!"
"What to do? Should we call the police?!"
"Hush, don't you know that Boss is a police officer himself?!"
"Ah, sorry—I was so nervous that I forgot about that…"
Xu Binchen gave out orders systematically. The staff mbers were mobilized to search in the empty rooms in a two person group. "Seal the gate and keep watch around the front gate and back door. If there's soone suspicious, imdiately report it, understand?"
"Yes, sir!"
Chairs were pushed back and everyone was ready to move. At that mont, the cleaning auntie suddenly raised her hand. "Um—Mr. Xu, I feel like I have seen that person before."
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It was as if soone had just pressed on the pause button. All movent halted and the noises ceased.
Xu Binchen turned to the middle aged woman with wrinkled face and white hairs on her temple. "Auntie He, are you sure?"
Auntie He cowered under everyone's heated gaze and nodded after so hesitation.
Xu Binchen's expression sank in an instant. "Who is it?"
"I—I am not quite sure, it's just that he looked kind of familiar." Auntie He fidgeted nervously.
"Don't be so wishy washy and just say it." Xu Binchen urged.
Auntie He braced herself and blurted out, "He looks like Mr. Fei's son from room 1002!"
Being the part of the cleaning staff, Auntie He had more opportunity to et with the tenants. She also had to rember them one by one so as to not offend anybody.
Sotis, there were tenants who were rude, like so obnoxious brats who would belittle and mock her. Rembering them would make everything easier and Auntie He would be able to cease all troubles that might arise.
Xu Binchen nodded and directly took the security guards with him to 1002 and rang the bell continuously. For the first ten minutes, no one answered but Xu Binchen was persistent as he pressed on the bell button again and again.
Finally, the door swung open, followed by Mr. Fei's grumpy and drowsy face. "Do you know what ti it is?! What do you want?!"
He glared, unaware of how grim his situation was.
"Mr. Fei." Xu Binchen directly flashed his police badge and Mr. Fei's eyes opened wide in shock. "Can you call your son out? We need him for so questioning."
Of course, the questioning would be done in the police station. Mr. Fei's son trudged out from his room, rubbing his eyes as he yawned sleepily. "What's wrong, dad?"
"You…!" Mr. Fei smacked the back of his son's head. "You should tell what's wrong instead!"
Mr. Fei's son was startled awake and his soul almost flew out of his body as he found the police outside the door for him. What happened? What cri did he commit?!
Xu Binchen nodded. "Mr. Fei, we need him to testify on sothing."
"W—What is it?" Mr. Fei asked nervously.
It was unknown what Xu Binchen was thinking about as his lips curled up into a cold smile. "You will know later on."
The security guards stood on both sides of Mr. Fei's son as he was escorted to the police station, still clad with pajamas and slippers. Xu Binchen lagged behind as he returned to the twentieth floor. As he guessed, Shi Nian and Jiang Jinyan were there.
Xu Binchen directly addressed Shi Nian. "You should go and rest."
Shi Nian shook her head. How could she rest after sothing like that happened?
"Whatever, then." Xu Binchen sighed. "Lock the door and call if anything happens. I will tell you if there's any further developnt. Don't worry, we haven't confird what's going on yet, it might not be that person."
Shi Nian humd. "Drive carefully, gege."
After nagging for five more minutes, Xu Binchen walked down the hallway toward the elevator. Behind him ca a series of footsteps. He didn't look back and took long strides ahead when the elevator door opened.
The two n entered one after another, silence reigned between them for the next few monts. It was Jiang Jinyan who spoke first. "You still haven't answered my question, Detective Xu."
Xu Binchen reached into his pocket to pull out the cigarette. His voice was muffled as he bit on it and flicked the lighter. "Why don't you ask her? I am sure that she will tell you everything."
Jiang Jinyan fell silent for a mont, eyes staring at the descending number. 19…18…17… "I can't." He let out a mirthless chuckle. "She was already like that, how could I ask her? Tell , Detective Xu. I can be considered as a witness, can't I? I have the right to know about the situation."
The tongue of the fla had almost burned the tip of the cigarrete but in the end, Xu Binchen decided against it as he put it off and let the cigarette dangle between his fingers. "Mr. Jiang, do you know what is the main case I am working on?"
Jiang Jinyan shook his head. "I'm afraid not."
This ti, instead of being straightforward like he always did, Xu Binchen told it in a roundabout way. "My Captain's na is Jin Renguang."
Jin Renguang.
Jiang Jinyan's brows knitted as a vague mory surfaced in his mind. That na sounded quite familiar, where had he heard it before?
"Alright, I don't know that you're such a hermit." Xu Binchen scoffed and gave up in an instant. "I am working on the serial murder case which has caused 13 people's death." Or even more, he added inwardly.
Along with Xu Binchen's words, Jiang Jinyan finally rembered. He had seen Jin Renguang being interviewed on the national news channel before. It could be said that almost all people in the country who watched TV should have seen him once or twice before.
Jiang Jinyan's brows furrowed deeply and he suddenly got a bad feeling. "Then, Shi Nian—"
"The news didn't report it, but actually the number of victims should be 14. Thirteen, dead." Xu Binchen turned sideways to et Jiang Jinyan's appalled eyes. He crushed the cigarette in his palm and breathed out heavily, "One, alive."
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A/N: Aaaah, Jiang Jinyan finally knows!!! (ToT)/~~~
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