Chen Rongsheng
Chapter 60 Hongjie's Request
I was taken aback by her roar, and quickly pushed the charming woman away, complaining, "See, my wife saw us, didn't she? You're just asking for trouble!"
The charming woman was obviously used to such scenes, and said nonchalantly, "It's okay, I'll explain it for you later!"
As she spoke, Xiao Liang walked over quickly, glared at me and asked, "Chen Rongsheng, what are you doing? Dragging and pulling in public, aren't you ashamed?"
I quickly said, "You've misunderstood. We're just talking business."
Xiao Liang rolled her eyes and said disgustedly, "Talking business? Of course, you're talking business! Talking about the flesh trade, right?"
At this time, the charming woman spoke up, "Little girl, you're really wrong. How can anyone talk about that kind of business in broad daylight? Even if we were going to talk about it, we'd have to go to my place and close the door, wouldn't we?"
Xiao Liang didn't want to talk to that woman, she didn't even want to look at her.
I explained again, "It's like this, this elder sister..."
Speaking of which, I glanced at the charming woman, who said with a smile, "My name is Wang Hong, you can just call me Sister Hong."
I nodded and continued, "Sister Hong is here to talk to me about corpse fishing. Her partner unfortunately fell into the water and drowned."
Afraid that Xiao Liang wouldn't believe me, I told her the tragic story of how Sister Hong's partner came to her, heard her working hard late at night outside the window, and finally couldn't think straight and jumped into the river to drown.
After hearing this, Xiao Liang's anger subsided, and she also developed some sympathy for Sister Hong. Finally, she was no longer so repulsed by her, and her tone softened a little, "So that's how it is, I misunderstood."
Sister Hong smiled freely and said to Xiao Liang, "It's okay, after all, we're used to being looked down upon in this line of work."
Then she said, "But your man is quite honest, his crotch is very tight! I was just joking with him, asking him if he wanted a massage, even a free one, but he refused, saying he had a wife. There aren't many men who can resist temptation like that!"
Xiao Liang looked embarrassed after hearing this and glanced at me quietly.
I smiled at her, without saying much.
After that, I asked Sister Hong, "What day exactly did your partner jump into the river?"
As a result, Sister Hong hesitated, as if she didn't remember the exact time at all. After thinking for a while, she told me, "The night before last, the night before last around ten o'clock."
I immediately felt something was wrong.
Such a big thing as her partner jumping into the river should be remembered clearly, shouldn't it? Why did Sister Hong seem to not remember it very clearly?
But I didn't think too much about it, maybe she was too sad and was stimulated for a while, and her memory was a little hazy, that was possible.
I asked her again, "Where did he jump into the river? Is it near here?"
Sister Hong shook her head again, pointed to the downstream of the Duck River, and said, "Go forward about one or two kilometers, he jumped into the river over there."
I felt a little strange after hearing this.
Logically speaking, Sister Hong's partner discovered her giving massages outside her massage parlor, and his emotions collapsed on the spot, and he jumped into the river in anger, then he should have jumped into the river near the massage parlor.
Why would he run one or two kilometers before jumping into the river?
Could it be that he did some mental struggle before jumping into the river, ran along the Duck River for a while, and finally couldn't think straight and decided to commit suicide?
First, there was the problem of the time of the jump, and then there was the problem of the location of the jump. The combination of these two problems had already made me feel that something was wrong. https:/
Xiao Liang obviously noticed the suspicious points too, she winked at me quietly, but neither of us acted rashly, pretending to be calm on the surface.
After eating the lunch Xiao Liang brought, we set off together to fish for the corpse.
We took a boat to the location where Sister Hong's partner jumped into the river. Sister Hong pointed to this area of water and said, "It's here, my partner plunged into the river right here at that time, he splashed around a few times and disappeared, probably sank to the bottom."
Xiao Liang immediately said worriedly, "It's already been two days, do you think the body might have been washed downstream?"
I shook my head and said, "Not necessarily, the body may be stuck by rocks or entangled in water plants, and still be in this area of water. Anyway, I'll circle around and see, if I can find it, I'll pull it up, if I can't find it, I'll have to accept my fate."
Sister Hong was quite understanding, she didn't cry and demand that I find her partner, but said very freely, "Let's try, it's best if you can find it, if you really can't find it, then forget it, I'll just go downstream and find someone else to fish for it."
Before starting the salvage, I brought the boat to the shore and let Sister Hong go ashore first.
I told her that the corpse fishing boat had taboos, the relatives and friends of the deceased could not board the boat, otherwise the wronged souls of the dead would not be willing to leave them and would pull them into the water to be buried with them.
After hearing this, Sister Hong obediently got off the boat and never dared to sit on it again.
In fact, this taboo was something I made up casually. The reason I said this was just to get her off the boat and say a few words to Xiao Liang in private.
After the corpse fishing boat sailed away, Xiao Liang took the initiative to come over and said, "Chen Rongsheng, I think there's something wrong with Sister Hong!"
"I think so too." My opinion was the same as hers. "If her partner really jumped into the river to commit suicide because he found out she was giving massages, then he would definitely have jumped outside the massage parlor, not run so far to jump."
"And she doesn't even remember the specific time her partner jumped into the river. If she was really that sad, she definitely wouldn't forget the time." Xiao Liang added.
I nodded and asked her, "Then why do you think Sister Hong is lying? Could it be that her partner didn't die by jumping into the river himself?"
Xiao Liang shook her head and said, "There's not enough evidence now, so I can't guess, maybe we can find some clues after seeing the body."
I felt a headache after hearing this.
We originally came to investigate the Wang Shopkeeper's tomb robbery case, but before one wave subsided, another rose again, and Sister Hong's matter was also involved.
If Sister Hong's partner's death was not suicide, but homicide, then Xiao Liang, as a police officer, would definitely not be able to sit idly by.
Wouldn't that be a complete mess?
While I was thinking about it, the corpse fishing boat slowly moved forward, Xiao Liang's eyes were sharp, and she suddenly stared at a place with lush water plants in the river, and said vigilantly, "Chen Rongsheng, look over there!"
I looked over following Xiao Liang's guidance, and saw the lush water plants swaying slowly in the clear water waves. There was a silver light flickering deep in the water plants. Looking closely, there was actually a group of silver-white small fish clustered in it, heads facing inward and tails facing outward, shaking their bodies, seemingly gnawing on something delicious.