Liang Xi was very happy to get his first job. After leaving the police station, he immediately went to John's house, preparing to tell John the good news as soon as possible and have lunch by the way.

When the car arrived nearby, Liang Xi saw thick smoke billowing not far away. An ambulance blew its whistle and overtook the vehicle. Liang Xi continued driving for a few hundred meters and was stopped by a patrol car. The road section was temporarily closed. Liang Xi had no time to talk nonsense with the police.

After getting off the car, he ran towards the thick smoke.

His hunch was right. John's house was burning with raging fire, and a fire truck that arrived earlier sprayed water on the house in vain. Liang Xi saw Mary, who was wrapped in a thermal blanket and covered with water, sitting sluggishly on the side, while the medical staff were

Check her body. Liang Xi immediately stepped forward: "Mary!"

Mary slowly looked at Liang Xi, who asked urgently: "Where is John?"

Mary: "Huh?"

Liang patted Mary's face: "Where's John?"

The doctor stopped her, grabbed Liang Xi's hand and said, "She suffered a sudden traumatic psychological disorder and cannot answer your questions now."

Mary suddenly came back to her senses, looked at the house, and shouted heartbreakingly: "John, John is still in there."

"Fuck!" Liang Xi ran towards the house, but the firefighters did not catch him. A firefighter chased Liang Xi, and two firefighters sprayed water on their heads. As soon as Liang Xi approached the house, the house collapsed. Liang Xi

Unable to hold his feet, he fell to the ground because the ground was slippery. The firefighter grabbed Liang Xi’s collar and dragged him away from the fire scene.

Liang Xi stared blankly at the burning house for a long time, pushed the firefighter away, climbed up and ran to Mary: "John is not inside, right? Right?" Ten to eleven thirty in the morning

, it was time for John, who had trouble sleeping at night, to catch up on his sleep during the day. It was now 11:10 in the morning. Even so, Liang Xi did not want to believe that his life mentor was gone. He held a glimmer of hope and asked Mary, hoping that today

John is temporarily out of town for something.

When faced with Liang Xi's questioning, Mary did not answer. She just hugged Liang Xi and cried bitterly.

…

In the past three days, Liang Xi was in a very low mood and very busy. On the one hand, he had to take care of Mary, and on the other hand, he had to communicate with the police. There were a lot of trivial matters.

Three days later, the Kent police officer in charge of the case and Liang Xi made an invitation over the phone to meet at the hotel where Mary was temporarily staying.

Kent is forty years old and is a very experienced fire investigation police officer. He has received many calls from Liang Xi in the past two days, and his boss has put a lot of pressure on him. His team has devoted itself to the fire investigation. Today's investigation

It has come to an end, and he must inform his family members of his investigation results and answer their questions.

Kent handed an identification report to Liang Xi: "The forensic doctor conducted DNA comparisons through bone marrow and confirmed three times that the only deceased on the second floor was John."

Liang Xi nodded, and Mary couldn't help crying again. She tried to control her emotions and walked to the bathroom to deal with her tears.

Kent took out another package of copies, poured it on the table, and said, "Mr. Liang, we believe the fire was caused by man."

This answer was unexpected by Liang Xi. The fire spread too fast. After John fell asleep, Mary went to a convenience store 30 meters away to buy the baking soda needed to bake cakes. As soon as she arrived at the convenience store, the fire spread into the sky, attracting surrounding people.

Many people noticed that the fire started six minutes before Liang Xi arrived. After Liang Xi arrived, the house had burned down. And Liang Xi found that the flames spread throughout the house.

Kent said: "The ignition point was not found, and the accelerant was basically gasoline. I watched the fire development in the surveillance video. Based on my years of experience in handling cases, at least three people dumped a large amount of gasoline together to cause such a fire in a short period of time."

Mr. Liang, you are also a detective. Based on my description, do you think the other party needs to set a fire if he wants to kill John?"

Liang Xi asked: "What do you mean?"

Kent played a piece of surveillance and played back more than ten seconds of it. He pointed to a location on the screen and asked: "From the on-site investigation and my speculation, the gangsters focused on burning this location and used the Lure agent. The Lure agent was used in

In wars decades ago, it was used to destroy confidential information such as paper, radio stations, equipment, etc. in emergencies. Can you tell me what is in this location?”

Liang Xi said: "This is a secret room on the first floor near the backyard, about 20 square meters, which is John's secret meeting place. Three years ago, John spent tens of thousands of pounds to install an advanced reflector in the secret room.

Eavesdropping equipment. In fact, I have never seen him use it. It is said to be a secret room, more like a library, with built-in bookshelves on all four walls, filled with books. I once suspected that the secret room was a place for John to escape Mary."

Kent asked: "Is there anything important in there?"

Liang Xi recalled for a long time, saying: "One day two years ago, Mary went to the hospital to visit a friend. I received a call from John, but there was no sound from the other party. I rushed to John's house, listened to the sound of the cell phone and opened the secret room, and found John unconscious in the secret room.

Only when I was sent to the hospital did I find out that John had electrolyte imbalance due to high blood sugar. At that time, I saw a book, a map, and a sextant on the table. The map looked like a treasure map, with pirate symbols and symbols on it.

A red

Kent nodded. It was nonsense to talk about pirate treasures. London is not even close to the sea.

Liang Xi said: "Officer Kent, have you helped me find the person?"

Kent: "Who?"

Liang Xidao: "In the past few months, John has gone out frequently, almost once every two or three days to meet an old friend. Each meeting lasted more than three hours, and one time even lasted more than ten hours. Mary said the other person's name was Ma

Matthew was a life-and-death friend of John's when he was young. But Mary herself had never met this man named Matthew."

Thinking of John's request, which seemed like a divorce, Liang Xi thought that John felt in danger. It was so dangerous that John was unwilling to say a word to Liang Xi.

Kent shook his head: "I'm sorry, we didn't find this Matthew. John is a friend of the Director of the Police Department. The superiors attach great importance to this case. I will feedback the information to the Police Department. I hope that the investigation can continue through the power of the Police Department."

Liang Xi blamed himself: "I should have asked more questions at that time."

Kent comforted: "Mr. Liang, it has nothing to do with you. I will notify you as soon as I have the latest clues. Now... John doesn't look good."

Liang Xi understood what Kent meant and said, "I will get Mary's commission."

Kent nodded: "The forensic identification office is near the police station."

Liang Xi said: "Okay, I will go and take care of things in the afternoon."

Kent stood up and shook hands with Liang Xi: "Mr. Liang, if you have any clues, you must inform me and don't act privately. In my judgment, the other party is not a good person."

Liang Xi promised: "I will contact you if I have any clues."

Kent glanced at the bathroom: "Mary, please take care of it."

Liang Xi: "Thank you for your concern, I can handle it."

"goodbye."

"goodbye."

…

When the forensic doctor identified the body, Liang Xi could no longer recognize that it was John, or even that he was a person. After taking one look at Liang Xi, he couldn't bear to look at it anymore, and silently pulled up the white cloth.

The funeral was held two days later, and there were a variety of people attending the funeral. There were retired and current commissioners of the Metropolitan Police, fishermen from Northern Ireland, FBI agents from the United States, and drunkards from Belgium. There were more than a hundred people in attendance. Mary reluctantly

Recognize a few of them.

After the funeral, Liang Xixian received fire insurance, personal accident insurance and property insurance from the insurance company. Since Mary was used to living in the community, Liang Xixian rented a villa far away from her original home for Mary to live in.

After obtaining Mary's opinion, we contacted a construction company to rebuild a house on the same site according to its original appearance.

The house was completed two months later. Liang Xi ordered as much of the same furniture as possible according to his memory and Mary's description.

Three months later, Mary moved back to a home that was much like her own.

With the help of the community church, Mary finally let go of the past, changed some of her living habits, and began to participate in various activities organized by the church. Looking at Mary talking and laughing with her aunt, Liang Xi knew that no one or anything could fill the gap.

Mary's regret at losing John.

After the matter was settled, Liang Xi deposited the remaining insurance money into Mary's account. As Mary returned to the track of life, Liang Xi's life became more and more difficult day by day. After paying the funeral expenses of 5,000 pounds, he deducted this

After three months of self-expense, there is very little left. The translation job that pays 80 pounds an hour, which Liang Xi regarded as a life-saving straw, has not even received a phone call so far.
Chapter completed!