Chapter 169.

Ms. Xia was not at home.

After Cheng Mo made some inquiries, he learned that she had gone to the set and was shooting a movie in which she was playing a small supporting role.

She was on the set for the past few days, leaving early and returning late.

Cheng Mo first of all on her living around the neighbors to conduct a little outreach, a single beautiful woman, that attention must be a lot of people.

As long as there are people paying attention, there must be a lot of rumors about her.

Human nature is hard to change, no matter men or women, some things as long as the beginning, the next will certainly not be able to stop.

Not to mention that this Miss Xia can get rid of those people from her past?

So, this Miss Xia just moved in and after three days of peace and quiet, she started to attract bees and butterflies, Nojiri being one of them.

And he was recognized. Nojiri had come to see Miss Summer the night before, around six o’clock, before it got dark.

How long it stayed, that no one can say.

In connection with the fresh bruises on Nojiri’s underwear, it was basically certain that the guy had had at least one friendly exchange with Ms. Natsu before he went home.

As far as he knew, Ms. Natsu didn’t have a regular boyfriend, and since she did this kind of thing, you and I, if she really had a boyfriend, it was time for her to fine her hand and quit.

Which man can endure his girlfriend to do this, unless he is a turtle man, hitchhiking to live together, will not care about this.

Cheng Mo sent Xu Qinghe off to do other work and stayed behind to wait for Ms. Xia himself.

The reason why he went to the movie set, this is to give her a little face, if she went to the movie set, then she will lose this livelihood in the future.

It’s not easy for a woman to survive in a place like the Lease, and the money she earns with her body is at least better than a lot of the money she earns by “cheating”.

This is also hard-earned money. After all, there are very few self-sacrificing women. If she really wanted to sell her body for a living, why would she work so hard in theater? This shows that she still has a dream in her heart, and there is still that hint of wanting to change her life.

Even if we can’t help, treating them a little bit kindly is still something we can do.

Xia Ran, Miss Xia’s part was not heavy, so she didn’t wrap up late, and came back when the sun was still hanging in the west.

Seeing Cheng Mo at her doorstep, Xia Ran was also startled, but she was also someone you’ve seen in the world, quickly calmed down, paid the yellow bus fare, and pulled out the key from her carry-on purse to open the door and invite Cheng Mo in.

“Inspector Cheng, I’m sorry, I’ve been filming for the past two days, I’ve been out early and back late every day, I didn’t have time to clean the house, it’s a bit messy.” Xia Ran said with a shy smile.

“No harm, I came here to find out something from you, I hope Ms. Xia will answer truthfully and not hide anything from me.” Cheng Mo said directly.

“You say, what I know, I will definitely not hide it.” Xia Ran lit a lady’s cigarette and took a drag, “Inspector Cheng, would you like one?”

Cheng Mo laughed, pulling out his own pocketed cigarettes, “The one you have, I’m not used to smoking it.”

Xia Ran nodded, and sat down elegantly in front of Cheng Mo, crossing her legs, her open cheongsam revealing a pair of polished jade-like legs inside.

This woman does have capital, or else she wouldn’t have been so mesmerized by Nojiri, and even chased after him even after the people had moved away.

“The night before last, after six o’clock, where were you?”

“I’m at home, where else, I came back from the movie set, tired, took a bath, and then ordered some food, after eating, went to bed.”

“Ordered some food?”

“Oh, I ordered it on the set, almost by the time I came back, they delivered it, so I didn’t have to open the fire to cook.” Xia Ran added an explanation.

“What time did you leave the set, and what time did you arrive home?”

“Around five-thirty, I think, I’m not sure of the exact time, I arrived home at almost six o’clock, and then the meal I ordered was delivered.”

“Which meal?”

“Jufeng House’s, we all order Jufeng House’s meals on our sets, they have a delivery service and a 20% discount, by the way.”

“Were you alone that night?”

“Ah, yeah, just me ……” Xia Ran obviously retarded for a moment, the corners of her eyes rose, this subtle movement naturally could not escape the process of silent eyes.

“Ms. Xia, we are all people who understand, I came to find you, I think you also know, some things, not you don’t want to say, we don’t know, if you deliberately hide, then at that time, you will suffer but you yourself.” Cheng Mo gave a reminder.

Lying, for the average person, was not a good option.

“Inspector Cheng, Mr. Nojiri’s death has nothing to do with me.” Xia Ran took a sharp drag on her cigarette and said, it was obvious that from the very beginning, this action of her smoking was all to hide her inner panic.

“I believe you, but others may not.” Cheng Mo said, Xia Ran’s dewy-eyed relationship with Nojiri was nothing more than a quest for money, a man like Nojiri, she should not look at.

“I don’t know how he died, but he left my place before eight that night.” Sharan said.

“Who can prove that?”

Sharan froze for a moment.

Yeah, who could prove that Nojiri left her side before eight? “That, I really don’t know how to prove it, I was too tired from filming that day, I didn’t want to at all, but he insisted, fuming like crazy, I had no choice, afraid of noisy neighbors, so I did it with him, afterwards, she gave me a hundred dollars, and then left.” Xia Ran covered her face and said.

“When he came to you, did he carry anything as well as a briefcase with him?” Cheng Mo asked.

“No, nothing.”

“Are you sure?”

“Sure, that night he came empty-handed and looked like his whole body was in poor condition.” Xia Ran recalled, seriously.

“What was your impression of Nojiri’s wife, Keiko?”

“She is very polite, but to Nojiri is very strong, Nojiri has said, he is at home, and does not get a be a man’s respect, but also a lot of beatings, and also do not dare to fight back, but also told me, that woman only allows him to touch once a month, each time also have to take a shower before …… ”

“Cleanliness.”

“Cleanliness?”

“It’s the excessive pursuit of cleanliness that reaches a pathological state.” Cheng Mo explained in layman’s terms.

“How did you two get together?” Cheng Mo asked, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to offend, I just want to understand.”

“During that time, I didn’t have a theater pie and lacked money, so I went to work part-time as a dancer for a few days, as you know, Inspector Cheng, dancers make money very quickly if they do a good job, and of course, they have to be open-minded, so I occasionally brought a man back a couple of times over, and he found out, and he wanted to be my guest because he knew my secret, and I didn’t agree to it in the beginning, after all, I lived upstairs and downstairs, and he was still Japanese, but then he threatened me, saying that if I didn’t agree to him, he’d tell my company about me, so my reputation would be ruined and no one would ask me to do a movie.”

“That wasn’t much of a threat to you, was it?”

“At that time, I was still thinking about my dream of being a star, and if this stain was known, which movie company would take me as a lead role, so I gritted my teeth and agreed.” Xia Ran said.

“Keiko was at odds with you because of this, right?”

“She can’t even feed her own man, but she still has the nerve to come to me, and that cat was drowned by herself on purpose, planted on me.” Xia Ran said indignantly, “If it wasn’t for your face, Inspector Cheng, I wouldn’t have moved out of that courtyard and apologized to her, I’ll be damned!”

“How long has your relationship with Nojiri lasted?”

“Almost half a year, I thought that after moving away from there, I would have nothing to do with him, but I didn’t expect that he would actually look for me.” Sharan said.

“I found the address where you re-moved for you, and I didn’t mention it to anyone, how did he find you?” Cheng Mo asked, since he had insight into the relationship between the two, Cheng Mo naturally wouldn’t voluntarily tell Nojiri about Xia Ran’s current address, but if Xia Ran said it herself, it would have nothing to do with him.

“It was he who went to the set where I was shooting and then followed me to find out.” Xia Ran explained, “I also wanted to cut ties with him a long time ago, after all, that Keiko woman is really ruthless, she was able to set me up by drowning one of the pet cats she raised, what else can’t she do?”

“How many times did he come looking for you when he tracked you down and found out you lived here?”

“Four, or was it five times, came every two or three days, but one of those times I wasn’t feeling well, he stayed for a while and then left, he’s a bit of a perverted fetishist, I didn’t know until after I followed him that.” Xia Ran had a disgusted expression.

“What kind of perverted fetish, tell me in detail?”

“Is this also to be said?” Sharan hesitated, clearly not wanting to get into this topic.

“Right now, any small detail you say could be the key to solving a case by the inspector’s office.” Cheng Mo explained, “So tell us everything you know.”

“He likes to lick that ……”

“Foot fetish!” After Cheng Mo listened to the description, he directly threw out a specialized name.

“Yes, Inspector Cheng, your use of words is really precise, it’s this foot fetish, I really can’t stand it ……”

Little Japan is really fucking perverted, this is something in the genes, how can it not be changed.

“Ms. Xia, if you can provide a proof person of the exact time of Nojiri’s departure, then your suspicion can be ruled out.”

“Then what if you can’t prove it?” Xia Ran asked, dumbfounded.

“We’ll try to help you find it, but you have to tell me the first time you remember anything.” Cheng Mo said, “I believe you don’t have a motive to kill, by the way, what about the money he gave you?”

“I’m keeping it, I haven’t spent it yet.” Xia Ran said.

“Give it to me, this money is temporarily seized as evidence in my place, I will give you a receipt, when the case is over later, you take the receipt and come to me, I will return the money to you.” Cheng Mo said.

“Good.” Xia Ran was a little reluctant to give it up, but if she didn’t hand it over, she herself was going to be summoned to the arresting officer’s office, and might have to squat in the squad room for a few days.

This was something she was unwilling to do no matter what.

In fact, Cheng Mo could have taken her back to the arrest house and handcuffed her, after all, she was now the last person Nojiri had seen before he died.

If the murderer could not be found, she was the biggest suspect.

Of course, the prima facie evidence had actually ruled out Xia Ran, killing Nojiri and slashing the neck was not something an ordinary person could do.

Not to mention Xia Ran a weak woman, even a grown man, wanting to slash this cleanly, would have to practice for a long time before being able to do so.