"Who usually holds the money in your household?" Zhou Yang asked the question that Dai Yan also wanted to ask.

"My mom manages all the money!" Du Niu said with a shy smile.

However, after hearing the other party's explanation, Zhou Yang and his companion expressed their understanding.

Sun Yan has a prior record of theft and gambling. He made an agreement with his family not to take money from him, which can be considered a preventative measure.

Du Niu had never been to school and could barely read. Most importantly, she had four younger brothers. As a result, Sun Yan's mother became the one in charge of the money.

The old man has taken the children back to a village below Ning'an for the funeral, so Zhou Yang and his companion did not see him.

"Did you see the person who came to pick up your husband?" Zhou Yang's voice was devoid of emotion.

"No, by the time I chased after them, they had already left by car!" Du Niu Niu shook her head.

Zhou Yang pondered that this was a normal reaction. If her husband went out for ten minutes and came back with several thousand yuan, she would definitely chase after him to ask or check on him.

"What color is that car?" Dai Yan wrote "car" on his notebook and then swiped it around.

"I don't know what color it was. It wasn't black, nor was it white. It was a bit like the color of silver!" Du Niu Niu recalled.

What color is silver?

Zhou Yang and Dai Yan found some reference points in the room before finally confirming that Du Niu Niu was referring to a silver-gray car.

According to Du Niu Niu's recollection, Sun Yan was already somewhat absent-minded on the day of Qingming Festival. At first, she thought it was because he was tired from work, but the next day, he started packing his things, which led to the scene where he gave her the money.

It has been confirmed that Sun Weixin and Sun Yan had a casual relationship before, but since the Chinese New Year, the two have become as close as brothers.

As Zhou Yang paced around the room, he noticed the calendar on the wall, with three circles drawn in red on March 16th, 20th, and April 1st.

According to Du Niuniu, this was the day Sun Weixin invited Sun Yan to drink.

Zhou Yang had a vague feeling that something was wrong, but he couldn't find a reason.

After leaving his phone number and giving some special instructions, Zhou Yang and his companion left.

"Shouldn't we go back to the station?" Dai Yan stretched.

Today's harvest can be described as plentiful. Not only did we find the owner of the remains, Sun Weixin (most likely), but we also discovered Sun Yan, with whom we have close ties, although he is also missing.

"Do you think... Sun Yan is probably in grave danger?" Dai Yan asked in a low voice when Zhou Yang remained silent.

Zhou Yang nodded: "Didn't you hear Du Niuniu say that after Sun Yan left, the triangular dagger in the house also disappeared?"

Upon hearing this, Dai Yan paused in his tracks: "You mean...?"

He had a vague guess in his mind, but he needed Zhou Yang to confirm it.

"That three thousand yuan might be a deposit. Don't call the police if it doesn't come back. It's highly likely that it's going to run away. It's obviously going to use the weapon to do something harmful, probably some illegal activity," Zhou Yang analyzed.

"What kind of shady dealings could that be?" Dai Yan counted on his fingers: "There are so many, like kidnapping, murder, drug trafficking, illegal detention, robbery..."

Anyway, it's not a good thing.

"Let's go to Feng Dan's card room first. There's something we need to confirm!" Zhou Yang said.

So the two turned around and went to the chess and card room. Zhou Yang refused Dai Yan's offer to take a taxi. Ping'an Street was not far away, and he wanted to walk along the street.

The sun was high in the sky, and the streets were very quiet. The only noises came from the elderly people sunbathing in the shade.

When Zhou Yang lifted the curtain this time, he took a look and saw that the card room was called March Card Room. He wondered why it had such a name.

The room was still cool, but the mix of tobacco and other smells made you want to escape.

Inside the room, Feng Dan and her younger brother Feng Qiangqiang were clearly playing another game, locked in a fierce battle.

"What are you doing? Why do you keep touching me?" Feng Qiangqiang looked at Deng Yang standing in front of him with annoyance, and then Zhou Yang and Dai Yan appeared at the door.

"Officers, is there anything we can do to help you?" Feng Dan noticed the situation on the other side and stood up to greet them.

Zhou Yang shook his head: "I just wanted to ask Boss Feng, when was this air conditioner installed?"

Upon hearing this, Dai Yan was completely bewildered, as were Feng Qiang and Deng Yang. Only Feng Dan's face stiffened for a moment, but she quickly recovered.

"I wonder why this officer would suddenly ask this question?" Dai Yan didn't understand either, but he had clearly seen Feng Dan's expression just now.

Something's wrong with this woman!

"Just answer whatever they ask, what? Is this question difficult?"

"No problem, no problem!" Feng Dan waved with a smile. "But I need to check the accounts. Don't let my calling myself the boss fool you; this place was paid for by my husband. I'm just the doorman. I'll get back to you both after I contact him, okay?"

Looking at the expressions on Feng Qiangqiang's and Deng Yang's faces, Dai Yan knew that they were lying.

"Okay!" Hearing Dai Yan's words, Feng Dan breathed a sigh of relief, but Dai Yan's next sentence made her realize that her little tricks had been seen through by the other party.

"I'll have the local police officers wait at the entrance. Let them know when you've found out, and then they'll notify us!" Dai Yan said, turning to leave.

Huh? This!

Are you trying to play a ghost story with me?

Putting everything else aside, if even a police officer in uniform stood at the entrance for a moment today, the entire mahjong parlor in Chengnan Street would immediately spread the word: this March mahjong parlor is under surveillance, so don't go there.

Immediately afterwards, business will plummet, customers will be quickly snapped up, and then if there's another "rectification" order, the next step will basically be to put up a "for sale" sign.

Therefore, the Feng siblings were very alarmed by Dai Yan's statement.

Seeing that the time was right, Zhou Yang smoothed things over for the other party: "No need. I believe Boss Feng is still very willing to cooperate with our police. After all, the police and the people are one family. Besides, selling air conditioners is a large sum of money, so finding the time shouldn't be difficult!"

"Yes, yes, it's not difficult! It's not difficult!" Feng Qiangqiang leaned over, took out cigarettes from his pocket and handed them to the two of them: "Sister, hurry up and look for them. It's so hot, don't let the two police officers make a wasted trip."

"Yes, yes!" the man named Deng Yang chimed in, "Cooperating with the investigation is our civic duty, Sister Feng, you must set a good example!"

Feng Dan stared speechlessly at the group performing their act, feeling utterly exhausted.

Oh well, let's just leave it at that. What can we do when things have already gone wrong?

"Please wait a moment, I'll check this!" Feng Dan didn't care about anything else now; she just wanted to get rid of these two people first, and figure out the rest later.

Then, she pulled a key from around her neck, opened the locked cabinet under the glass, and pulled out a black leather notebook.

At this moment, she cautiously glanced at Zhou Yang and the other person.

Zhou Yang smiled, indicating that she was not in a hurry.

"Found it!" Feng Dan's finger stopped on the notebook: "The 16th, installed on March 16th!"

Dai Yan found the date somewhat familiar and looked at Zhou Yang with a puzzled expression.

Zhou Yang knew what he wanted to ask and nodded slightly: "That makes sense!"

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