Born in the dark, Ended in the dawn

Chapter 16 16 Hotel

NC International Hotel is the family business of the mayor's wife. It has a huge investment and luxurious decoration. It can be said to be the most luxurious hotel in Huicheng. It is located in the most prosperous west district of Huicheng, which is the jurisdiction of Wei Lan.

Standing at the front desk of the hotel, Wei Lan glanced at the sign on the chest of the obedient boy in uniform, which had the boy's job title and name on it, "Who called the police?"

"Yes...it's the tenant." Wen Peng had never seen the policeman so closely before, so he couldn't help but feel a little nervous. He didn't dare to look up into the other's eyes, so he could only stare at the other's slender hand casually resting on the table. .The nails are neatly trimmed, the wheat-colored skin looks very healthy, and the fingers with even flesh and blood unconsciously tapped on the countertop, making a light clicking sound. Wen Peng was fascinated by it unconsciously, only the rhythmic clicking sound Disturbing people are disturbed, and they can't calm down to think about things.

"Where is the tenant now?"

"Ah!" Wen Peng suddenly realized that he was staring at other people's hands, which was impolite, and he touched his nose in embarrassment, "It's in the rest area on the right, the person wearing a blanket .”

Wei Lan was a little dumbfounded. He thought he had a very friendly face, so it shouldn't scare people like this. If Captain Xiao stood here, Wen Peng's frightened reaction could be justified.As if drawing a rest to the tapping sound of fingers, and also as a kind of tactful appeasement to Wen Peng, Wei Lan patted the countertop twice, and then walked towards the rest area.

Seeing Wei Lan leave the front desk, Chen Yanhua trotted to Wei Lan's side, and said in a low voice, "Everything in the room is normal, and there is no sign of fire."

"Shouldn't this kind of situation be dealt with by the Pianer police? Why did it get transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department?"

"Xiao Du's team came and found nothing wrong, but the tenant insisted on calling the police, saying that someone was going to kill him, so he had to be transferred to our side."

Approaching the tenant who was still shivering, Wei Lan condescendingly examined the fat middle-aged man with Mediterranean hairstyle, "Excuse me, are you the informant?"

The man raised his head in horror, with a look of shock, "The room...someone in the room is going to kill me."

Seeing Liu An who was standing aside began to take notes, Wei Lan continued to ask, "Please be more specific, which room? What did the person who attacked you look like? Did he escape after you reported the crime?"

"Room 819, I can't see clearly, I don't know, he's going to burn me to death, look, look!" The man was emotionally incoherent, stood up suddenly and stretched his arms in front of Wei Lan.

There was not a single scar on the dark yellow and rough arm. Wei Lan even suspected that the man was here to make trouble, but as the man approached, a smell of burnt flesh came over his face. It was the smell of burnt flesh. , with a faint smell of blood.

Wei Lan stretched out her hand to pull her arm closer, but the moment she touched it, she was frightened by the man's pig-killing scream and let go. The man's eye sockets were flushed with pain, it didn't look like he was pretending.

"Have you watched the surveillance video?" Wei Lan asked Liu An next to him in a low voice.

Liu An's attitude towards Wei Lan was still ignorant, but he still didn't dare to neglect his work, "Lv Wei went to see it, and I don't know if he found any clues."

"Look at him, I'll go find Lu Wei." Wei Lan was about to ask Lu Wei in the monitoring room about the situation, when the middle-aged man suddenly threw his head up on the sofa, clutching his neck in pain with his hands, his face flushed from suffocation, and he said ha Chihachi took a deep breath.

The rest area suddenly fell into chaos. The emergency personnel equipped by the hotel surrounded the man and put the oxygen mask on the man in a hurry.Wei Lan opened the man's eyelids, and sure enough, the white eyeballs were bloodshot, and the lips were bruised, which was a symptom of suffocation.

"Acute respiratory failure, send to the hospital for emergency treatment!" Wei Lan's face was serious, this was another weird case, the man couldn't see any scars on his body, but what he showed was a reaction that would only happen when he was in a fire, it was too strange up.Turning around, he told Liu An beside him, "You go to the hospital together, keep an eye on him the whole time, and check the identity of this tenant by the way."

More and more people gathered to watch the excitement, and the faces of the hotel staff became more and more ugly. Wei Lanquan pretended not to see the faces that were stretched longer than donkeys, and walked up to Wen Peng, speaking in a very friendly and casual tone. Say, "Hey buddy, where is room 819? Show me the way."

The room numbers of the hotel are all arranged according to the floor and order, and there is no need for someone to lead the way. Wei Lan's purpose is obvious. The lobby manager stared at Wei Lan vigilantly, and then whispered in Wen Peng's ear, "Don't talk nonsense. .”

Wei Lan heard the lobby manager's instructions, but pretended not to hear them at all. He glanced at the lobby manager with a springy smile. She was a tall and thin woman with a rigid face that seemed difficult to get along with. mean.

With his head lowered, Wen Peng reluctantly walked in front of Wei Lan and led the way.It wasn't until they turned into the elevator and no one could hear their conversation that Wei Lan asked, "Is this the first time something like this has happened?"

"No... I don't know." Wen Peng's voice trembled a little.

This kind of question is too straightforward, but it is not easy to ask anything. Wei Lan changed his tone and chatted with Wen Peng, "How old are you? It looks like you are in your early twenties."

"I'm 21." As the question involved himself, Wen Peng let go of some tension.

"Then you haven't graduated yet? Are you here to work?"

Wen Peng smiled shyly, "I just graduated from junior college and studied hotel management, so I'm here for an internship."

It's August now, and if you come for an internship just after graduation, it will be about two months, "Your lobby manager looks so fierce, does he often bully you?"

"Bullying is not enough, it's just a bit strict."

The elevator door opened, and Wei Lan half-supported Wen Peng's shoulders to lead him into the elevator. This was like an intimate gesture between brothers, and Wen Peng completely relaxed, "I'm seven years older than you, just call me Brother Wei , everyone in the team shouted that."

"Brother Wei, do you policemen always see dead bodies? Are you not afraid?" Wen Peng was infected by Wei Lan's familiar attitude, and started talking unconsciously.

Wei Lan smiled, "I'm afraid, why not? Everyone was afraid at first. Just now, there was a very gentle policeman who was not tall and wore glasses. Did you see that? It was the one who went to the monitoring room to check the information. He The first time I saw an abandoned corpse chewed up by a dog in the wild, my face turned green with fright, and I was so dizzy from vomiting that I became unconscious, but after seeing it a lot, I gradually got used to it.”

The hehe laughter shows that the owner of the laughter has completely let go of his defenses. Simple children are too easy to get hooked. Wei Lan suddenly feels guilty. Method, language is also an art, "Why do you think of asking this? Curious about the job content of the police? If you are interested, I don't mind abetting you to change careers."

"No, no." The simple-minded Wen Peng really thought that Wei Lan would pull him to change his career, so he hurriedly waved his hands to refuse.Stepping out of the elevator, the shoes stepped on the soft carpet without making any sound, "I just suddenly thought that the police see a lot of things, and may they occasionally see some strange things."

The main event is coming.

Wei Lan pursed her lips and smiled, asking seemingly casually, but actually directed the topic to the direction she wanted to know, "I have seen a lot of strange things, what kind of strange things are you referring to? I promise to answer your questions."

Wen Peng hesitated, Wei Lan didn't rush, and the corridor was quiet for a while.

Until reaching the door of Room 819, Wei Lan stretched out his hand to shake the doorknob, and Wen Peng on the side suddenly jumped up and slapped Wei Lan's hand away.

"Wait! It's hot!"

Wei Lan stared straight at Wen Peng, waiting for the other party's explanation, without giving any room for evasion.

"There is a problem with this room." Wen Peng took off his jacket and held it in his hands, before reaching out to open the door through several layers of folded fabric.

"This is..." What to do?Before Wei Lan's question could be spoken, the door opened, and a strong heat wave mixed with a burnt smell gushed out, and the choking smoke was sucked into the air duct. Wei Lan quickly lifted the hem of his clothes to cover his mouth and nose.The room that can be displayed in front of you is as clean as new, the wallpaper color is elegant and luxurious, and the burgundy furnishings are full of style, and there is no sign of fire at all.

There is really a problem with this room, and it's not a small problem.Without a search warrant, Wei Lan can't wantonly destroy the tables and chairs here, and he can't even tear off a little wallpaper. He can only go around in various rooms. The hot air makes his skin hurt. When Wen Peng opened the door, Wei Lan asked in a deep voice, "Isn't this the first time?"

"Yeah." Wen Peng thought for a while and then said, "But this is the first time that the tenant called the police and was sent to the hospital."

"Tell me what you know."

Many things, if suppressed in his heart for a long time, will grow bigger and bigger like a tumor, until the body can no longer hold it. This is a good opportunity to confide, he needs to talk, and someone needs to help him bear it.Wen Peng licked his dry lips and said, "I heard that this room was burnt to death many years ago, and it has always been abnormal since then, no matter how much it is refurbished and painted."

"I just came to work more than two months ago. It's normal to bully newcomers. I'm often assigned to the night shift. Twice, at one o'clock in the middle of the night, I received an internal call from room 819 to the front desk. The phone was connected but he didn't speak, and checked the check-in records and found that 819 was not inhabited at all." Wen Peng swallowed with some fear, and continued, "I'm afraid someone came in to play a prank, so I bravely came up to check the room, and then ...as you can see now."

The doorknob is hot, the air is hot, and the smell of smoke and scorching is mixed in the nostrils. As long as you close your eyes, you can deeply feel the pain of being in the fire scene, but what you see when you open your eyes is another scene. view.

"Then do you know who was burned to death here a few years ago? What was the cause of the fire?"

Wen Peng shook his head, "I only heard from the supervisor that the person burned to death was a doctor of medicine. I haven't heard about the cause of the fire."

The harvest this time made Wei Lan a little excited. The clue seems to be broken by Wen Peng, but there are other ways to go. Since not only the fire broke out, but also people were killed, the police must have a criminal record, and this is the West District again. Jurisdiction, you can get the moon first if you are close to the water, so why worry about not being able to find out what happened in the past?

Wei Lan took out a business card that was as simple as black and white and handed it to Wen Peng, "This is my phone number, if you find anything, contact me immediately, thank you."

At this time, Wei Lan still didn't know that the fresh life in front of him would die alone in a place he couldn't see or touch.