Live with the forensic chief

Chapter 120 [12] False alarm

Shu Meng thought about it and thought it was wrong, so he called Luo again, and Xu Luo answered the phone after a while.This time, the voice was clearer and quicker, and Shu Meng felt that it was the gasping sound amplified in his ears.

"..." Shu Meng put the phone to Lin Pu's ear and asked him to listen too.

Lin Pu said: "...Doctor Xu, can you hear me?"

"..." The voice on the other side continued to exist, but hung up again after a while.

Lin Pu immediately became worried: "What happened to him?"

After all, he wanted to give Xu Luo another call.

Shu Meng pressed his hand and said, "We can't fight any more. Let's call the police."

"It sounds like he was kidnapped." Lin Pu said, "Didn't he go on a business trip? Do you know where he went on a business trip?"

"I don't know, why would I ask him this." Shu Meng took out his mobile phone and said, "I'll call Yu Fei directly."

When Lin Pu waited for Shu Meng to call Yu Fei, he took care of other matters in his hands.It may be because Shu Meng and he happened to talk about creepy cases such as mutilation and murder at the dinner table, which made him a little uneasy.

He stood up and cleaned up the leftover bowls on the table, while thinking whether it was possible that he accidentally touched the phone with his hand and was connected by accident, otherwise why did the other party only answer and not speak?But so breathless on the phone... exercising?running?It's not like that either.

From Lin Pu's point of view, the panting sound was more like a gasp of fear.

Lin Pu took the plate to the kitchen, and thought to himself, don't have such thoughts, it's useless to think about anything now, and can only wait for the other party's reply.

After he finished washing the third plate, Shu Meng came in and said, "It's over."

"How to say?" Lin Pu asked.

"You can report the case, but there is a time limit for filing a case and investigating it." Shu Meng said, "We can only wait... Yu Fei asked us to try to contact first, and now we can't judge anything. If you always hang up when communicating with him, there are really too many possibilities. If it is really kidnapping, the other party must have their own demands for money, and it would be best if you can communicate."

"That's right." Lin Pu washed the dishes and dried them, wiped his hands, "Shall we try again?"

So the fourth call was made, and this time, the other party turned off the phone directly.

"..." Lin Pu glanced at the phone, "Is it turned off?"

"Could he be sleeping?" Shu Meng said, "It's not impossible to accidentally bump into something like that?"

The two were silent for a while, and Lin Pu said, "Don't guess, why don't we go to his house."

……

"It's hard to rest for a day." Shumeng yawned. He didn't even style his hair. He casually put on a light purple hooded sweater and wore his eyes. Pu walked together to get the car.

He walked to the side of the car, straightened his hair in the rearview mirror, raised his eyebrows and commented: "I feel like I'm not bad taking this route."

Lin Pu came over to look at it, and said casually, "Very young."

"Does it look like Lawyer Lin's little milk dog?" Shu Meng rubbed his face against his hair, shaking his shoulders.

Even though Lin Pu didn't care about the online world anymore, he could still remember the meaning of "little milk dog". He glared at Shu Meng and went to the co-pilot: "You have to show some face, senior who is two years older than me."

The two had a meeting and joked, and the things in their hearts were still heavy and rock-like.Lin Pu knew the address of Xu Luo's house, and after giving the report, the two drove there.

Thinking about it carefully, they are not that familiar with Xu Luo, their only mutual friend is He Ping.He Ping knew Xu Luo at the party, perhaps even more so than Lin Pu.

In addition to these, it was the psychological hint that they hit it off in that case.

What caught Lin Pu's mind was that Xu Luo once told him that he was "the same person" as they were, and that he was "waiting for them". This kind of magic tone made Lin Pu feel that the other party was quite mysterious. It's hard to guess, there is an inexplicable sense of distance.

Of course, most people who play with psychology are quite mysterious. Apart from that, Xu Luo gave him the impression that he is good-looking, slender and even a bit feminine, personable, like the popular "healing system". ’, which may also be what makes him a popular and expensive psychiatrist.

Maybe it was because he said too many specious things, which made Lin Pu worried all the time.

After arriving at Xu Luo's residence, Lin Pu and Shu Meng ran to knock on the door, but no one answered the door.

"Is there no one inside?" Lin Pu turned his eyes to Shu Meng, "He said he was going on a business trip for a few days?"

"Well." Shumeng said, "...should have left."

There was no other way, the two of them could only knock on the door of Xu Luo's neighbor next door.The other party was a mother holding a child. While looking at them, she looked at Xu Luo's family: "You said Dr. Xu, he should have left two days ago. Dr. Xu also went on a business trip before, and he would ask our family for help when he was on a business trip. Receive the courier."

She looked at Lin Pu and Shu Meng, and asked a little strangely, "...are you his friends?"

"Yes." Lin Pu said.

"Oh... I don't know if you are his friends or patients. There are quite a lot of people coming and going here." The aunt said.

"Is there anything strange about him recently? Or have you seen any strange people?" Lin Pu said.

"Aren't the people over there weird? He's a psychologist. I've seen people with tattoos all over their bodies before, and they were pretty scary?" the aunt said, "But they should all be his patients. Sometimes when he sends people out, he will gently exhort a few words at the door, and there are strange people every day."

Lin Pu thought about it too, and didn't know how to continue talking.

"Is there anything wrong?" Auntie said.

"No." Lin Pu thanked her, "Thank you."

"Oh... wait." The aunt said, "He sent it by the courier yesterday. It seems to be some frozen product? I don't know if he bought meat or seafood. Do you know when he will come back? Such a big The size, my refrigerator can’t fit it, I’m afraid it will be broken when he comes back.”

Lin Pu and Shu Meng looked at each other, and Shu Meng asked, "What is it? Why don't we move it back, we drove here."

"That would be the best. I don't have his phone number, so I don't know what to do." The aunt carried the child back to the ground and moved the box out of the kitchen.

Lin Pu and Shu Meng saw that it was really quite big, and it took a little effort for both of them to raise their arms.

But there was also a strange rancid smell that followed. After seeing it, the aunt said: "Oh, the side has been slightly soaked by water. This smell is not the smell of meat."

The child standing on the ground looked at the box in confusion, and then burst into tears with a "wow" probably because he couldn't express.

"Oh, oh, oh, ok, don't cry, don't cry." The aunt was busy coaxing the crying child, "Why don't you move it yourself."

"Okay." Shu Meng raised his hand first to pick up the box, and when he hugged it, he was so suffocated by the smell that he hurriedly raised his face, while secretly muttering about the terrible weight.

"I'm sorry to trouble you." Lin Pu said goodbye, and before going out, he saw the child staring at the box tightly and let out a deafening cry.

The two of them carried the box out of the room and put it in the corridor.

"...What the hell is in here?" Shu Meng slapped her in distaste.

Lin Pu looked at the box and swallowed.He covered his mouth and nose with his wrist sleeve, and continued, "There...isn't there a rotting corpse?"

As soon as these words came out, both of them were stunned.

The light in the corridor is a touch-activated light, which will automatically turn off when people do not speak.At that moment, the lights went out quite cooperatively.

Shu Meng: "..."

Lin Pu: "..."

Shu Meng turned on the light again, and said, "Don't be suspicious, to be honest, I don't think so."

"It doesn't look like it?" Lin Pu was so smoked that he dared to cover it with his hands.

"It's like the smell of dead fish and seafood. Maybe it's just a courier that Xu Luo didn't have time to pick up." Shu Meng said, "Actually, our refrigerator is not that big, but it's not a solution to put it here, why don't we move it down first?" .”

He and Lin Pu worked together to move the box into the elevator, and then went downstairs to the garage.

Shu Meng was unwilling to put the box into his trunk: "...I think once this thing is put in, my trunk will be useless, and we will suffocate to death in the end."

"Then what to do." Lin Pu was also a little tired from moving, and he didn't want to rely on his brain to convey information, so he leaned on the trunk of the car and took a breath, "We have no place to put it now."

Shu Meng took out a bottle of mineral water from the trunk and handed it to him, then took a bottle himself, looked at the words on the box, and then he took out his mobile phone and opened it.

"There are ice packs in the box, which should not have melted completely, and I can still feel the coolness on my hands." Shumeng said, "...the strange thing is that the sender on this box has no courier information. If you check the number, it’s a mail from Mizhou.”

"But the Taobao e-commerce platform does seafood delivery, where does it send from Mizhou?" Shu Meng said, "It is far from Baijin, let alone seafood, right?"

Lin Pu's curiosity was brought to the top: "Can we dismantle it? At worst, I will seal it back for Dr. Xu."

Shu Meng spread his hands to him: "Take out your knife."

Lin Pu took the Swiss Army knife and cut the seal on the express box. Both of them took a deep breath, and then opened the box.

As soon as it was opened, the smell that not only suffocated people but also smelt eyes had already gushed out. Lin Pu subconsciously stepped back and saw the contents of the box clearly.

"It's a dead fish." Shu Meng said.

He didn't wear disposable gloves, so he could only find two in his car.While putting it on, I picked up one to check.They were obviously dead fish for a long time, and there seemed to be several species, the most obvious being a red-bellied fish, which looked colorful and looked like sea fish.

"...It's really seafood." Shu Meng said.

Lin Pu wanted to look down again, but the cell phone in Shu Meng's pocket suddenly rang, and the two of them jumped up in fright in the empty parking lot.Shu Meng turned to him and motioned him to take it out of his pocket to see who it was.

Lin Pu picked it up and saw the name "Xu Luo" flashing on it.

"Doctor Xu?!" Lin Pu said, "He called!"

"Go." Shu Meng raised his hands.

"Hello." Lin Pu picked it up quickly. He was afraid that the signal would be bad, so he ran towards the edge of the parking lot while picking it up, "Doctor Xu?"

"Lin Pu?" Xu Luo's voice came, this time his voice was steady, as usual, "I saw Teacher Shu calling me, are you together?"

Lin Pu stamped his feet: "...ah, yes."

"Oh... so, what's wrong with him?" Xu Luo said.

"He, it's inconvenient to pick up something now." Lin Pu asked immediately, "Are you okay? We called you just now, and every time we answered the phone, there was no sound and then hung up."

"Really? I was sleeping, maybe my hand touched it by accident." Xu Luo's voice was flat.

"...Sleep?" Lin Pu said, "We still heard you panting, very short of breath, are you really alright?"

"No." Xu Luo smiled, "I'm really fine, what's the matter with you?"

"..." Lin Pu said softly, "Because we were worried about you, we all called the police."

"Ah?" Xu Luo was surprised, "...Sorry, I really didn't know I touched the phone."

"We are still downstairs at your house and want to see if you are here." Lin Pu heaved a sigh of relief, "Forget it, as long as you are fine."

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry to make you worry." Xu Luo's voice was full of apology, "I will treat you to dinner when I come back, I'm fine."

"As long as it's okay." Lin Pu said, "You have a box of courier upstairs. It may be that the seafood you ordered is placed at the neighbor's house. The neighbor said that his house can't fit it, so we want to help you move it back. But the fish has already been delivered. It stinks, do you want more?"

"...fish?" Xu Luo's voice turned around.

"Yeah." Lin Pu said, "You won't forget it yourself, will you?"

Xu Luo was silent for a few seconds, and suddenly realized: "Ah, yes, yes, fish... I'm sorry, I really forgot, since it's all broken, let's deal with it, don't move it home, it's too much trouble for you .”

"That's good." Lin Pu was still a little worried, "When will you come back? I'm going to book a hotel, and I want to set a time with you."

"I'll be back the day after tomorrow." Xu Luo said, "I'm free the night after tomorrow, so why not make an appointment for the evening."

"Okay." Lin Pu said, "I won't bother you then, bye."

Lin Pu hung up the phone and heaved a sigh of relief. He quickly ran back to the car, his expression relaxed: "Doctor Xu is fine. He said that he came across the phone just now, and it was a false alarm."

Shu Meng was silent, holding a fish with his head down and holding a glove in a daze.

"I'll give Yu Fei a call." Lin Pu said.

"...Look at this fish." Shu Meng suddenly pinched one and turned towards Lin Pu's face. His thumb parted the lower lip of the fish. Lin Pu looked down and gasped immediately.

"Why are these teeth so scary...?" Lin Pu asked.

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