After Tang Li met them, Zhong Han briefly explained to him how he found the car. After quickly understanding the background information he needed to know, Tang Li asked, "So what we are looking for now is a rental house that has changed tenants after Ren Xuefeng was murdered, and to find out the information of the tenants who moved out during this period?"
"Or the owner suddenly moved out recently and is eager to sell the house." Zhong Han proposed another possibility.
Tang Li nodded in agreement, and then walked to a building next to him. Zhong Han and Gu Xiaofan already knew about his quiet and action-oriented style, so they didn't waste any time to get involved in the action.Since the scope was narrowed down to two buildings, the workload became much smaller. In less than a day, the three people basically mastered the situation of the two buildings. In addition to some permanent residents and vacant rooms that had been idle for a long time, there were indeed several houses in the two buildings that had just changed tenants not long ago. Excluding those whose sublet time did not match the time when Ren Xuefeng was killed, and those that were not too different in time but were previously shared and rented by a group of people, there were only a few houses left that completely met their target, and one of them made Zhong Han feel particularly important.According to the information provided by the neighbors, the house was found to be empty two months ago. The reason why it was called "discovered" was that the tenant did not inform the landlord before leaving. Instead, he chose to leave without saying goodbye. When the landlord found out, the tenant had moved out for an unknown period of time, which made the landlord angry and stood in the corridor and complained for a long time. So all the old neighbors downstairs knew about it.According to the reaction of the downstairs neighbors, the previous residents upstairs were very quiet when they were here. If they hadn't met in the corridor, they would have mistakenly thought that no one lived upstairs.So Zhong Han asked the downstairs neighbors for the contact information of the landlord. He called the other party and a woman answered the phone. When she heard Zhong Han ask if she was the landlord, she immediately took Zhong Han as someone who wanted to rent a house and chatted with him enthusiastically on the phone. Zhong Han did not immediately clarify his identity, but only said that he was here at the house and hoped that the landlord could come over. The landlord agreed without saying a word."Are you suspected of deceiving others' feelings?" Gu Xiaofan could also vaguely hear the voice of the landlord on the other side of the receiver. He asked jokingly after Zhong Han hung up the phone.Zhong Han shrugged without much concern. With an innocent look on his face, "That's what she thought. I just don't want to explain, but I haven't admitted anything. How can it be considered cheating on others' feelings? What's more, I have never met her before, so how can there be any feelings?""You are the legendary 'three no' man, right? Don't refuse. Don't accept, don't admit?" Gu Xiaofan deliberately misinterpreted Zhong Han's meaning."I really know a 'three no' man, but it's not me." Zhong Han looked at Gu Xiaofan and said to her with a hint of meaning.Gu Xiaofan had an impulse to ask clearly, but considering that Tang Li was present, she was a little embarrassed and had to swallow the words that were in her throat. In fact, even she herself didn't understand why she had known Tang Li for much longer than Zhong Han, and many emotions that she was embarrassed to express in front of Tang Li, and the things she was embarrassed to talk about, but she didn't feel embarrassed to Zhong Han.As the weather was quite cold, Zhong Han asked Gu Xiaofan to wait at the door of the unit while he waited outside for the arrival of the landlord. After a while, a taxi drove over and stopped downstairs. A man in his sixties with a slightly bald head jumped out of the car. He looked straight at Zhong Han as he got off the car and walked towards him while looking at him."Are you someone who wants to see and rent a house?" The man walked up to Zhong Han and asked."I am someone who wants to see a house, but I don't plan to rent it. Are you the landlord?" Zhong Han guessed that this man should be the husband of the woman on the phone just now, so he took out his ID and handed it over.The man stopped and glanced at Zhong Han's ID, looking a little surprised, and at the same time, he couldn't hide his disappointment: "Police? Why are you looking for us? What's the matter? Our house has a house certificate, and the procedures are complete, nothing is missing.""You misunderstood, we are looking for you, not because there is a problem with your house, we want to learn about your previous tenants, and by the way, if you can let us go in to see the house, it would be even better." Zhong Han said to the man.The man was a little confused, hesitated for a moment, and nodded. He walked towards the unit door while taking out his cell phone from his pocket: "Then I'd better call my wife. She was the one who dealt with the people who rented the house before. I don't know much about it. I have the key to the house. It's okay to take you upstairs."As soon as he entered the unit door, he saw Tang Li standing at the door and Gu Xiaofan inside. The man was stunned again and turned his head to ask Zhong Han: "Are you all here together? What's going on? Why is there such a big battle..."The tone of his words really needs to be answered. It's more like a muttering in his heart. Zhong Han smiled and didn't answer. He followed the man upstairs with the other two people.Upstairs, the man opened the door. Just as he was about to go in, Zhong Han stopped him and took out a few pairs of plastic shoe covers from his pocket and handed them to him, Gu Xiaofan, and Tang Li respectively. The man took the shoe covers from Zhong Han with some surprise, not knowing what this meant."Just in case, your house is very clean. Let's not step on it. It's winter now, and there's ice and snow everywhere outside. When it melts, it's all black water." Zhong Han gave this explanation.The man was also half-believing and half-doubting, but he still put on his shoe covers before stepping into the house.The house is not big, it seems to be only about 50 or 60 square meters, it is a simple one-bedroom and one-living room, there is a glass coffee table and a small sofa in the living room, there is no TV, four white walls, and no other furniture, but the situation in the living room looks like Zhong Han's evaluation of the sanitation in the house just now is not false, the living room is paved with large gray-white tiles, the tiles are wiped very clean, the doors and windows are not opened in winter, and the dust in the house is obviously less than in spring and summer. At first glance, there are no obvious stains on the ground."Have you come to clean the house after the previous tenant moved out?" Zhong Han asked.The male landlord shook his head: "No, only my wife came once. After returning home, she was very angry and said that the tenant left without even saying hello. Then she posted the rental advertisement again. Until now, it is still empty and has not been rented out. Today is the first time I have come here since the previous tenant left.""Can I take a look around?" Gu Xiaofan asked the male landlord.The male landlord was embarrassed to refuse, so he nodded in agreement. After getting permission, Gu Xiaofan left the male landlord in the living room to chat with Zhong Han, and he and Tang Li went to the bedroom, kitchen, and balcony respectively to see the situation in other rooms in the house.The bedroom was the same as the living room. It was cleaned up and the furniture was simple. There was a large wooden wardrobe and a double bed. There was nothing on the top. Even the plastic film wrapped around the mattress was intact. The large wardrobe was also empty. Nothing was left.There is also a small bathroom connected to the bedroom. Gu Xiaofan did not miss it and went in to take a look. The bathroom was also very clean. Even the drain under the shower head in the narrow shower room was cleaned so that not even a hair could be seen.After walking around the bedroom and bathroom, Gu Xiaofan walked to Zhong Han and asked the male landlord: "Was the previous tenant of your house a man or a woman?""A woman, I know that," the male landlord answered quite quickly this time, "I took a look when my wife signed the contract with her and went back. It was a woman, and she didn't seem to be too old.""Do you remember what she looked like?" Gu Xiaofan asked, "Long hair or short hair?"The male landlord shook his head: "I can't remember that. My wife will probably be here soon. I just called her and told her to bring the contract she signed when she rented the house. You can ask her later. Can I ask first, what exactly is going on? Is it related to our house?""We can't answer you about this now. First of all, we have some things to confirm." Zhong Han replied."Zhong Han, come here." At this time, Tang Li poked his head out of the kitchen and waved to Zhong Han.Zhong Han gestured to Gu Xiaofan and went to the kitchen to find Tang Li. Gu Xiaofan looked at the male landlord, who was looking at her half curiously and half worriedly, so she had to smile at him a little unnaturally.Zhong Han and Tang Li had not come out of the kitchen yet, and the female landlord hurried over here. As soon as she entered the door, she didn't pay attention to Gu Xiaofan, and asked her husband anxiously: "What's going on? What was said on the phone just now was not clear, why did the police come? And asked me to bring the contract? What's going on? What trouble has our family gotten into?""The police are here, you talk to them, I don't understand what's going on now." The male landlord couldn't answer, pointed at Gu Xiaofan, and kicked the ball to her.Gu Xiaofan quickly greeted the female landlord, showed her his ID, and then said to her: "Can you please show me the rental contract between you and the tenant?""Okay," the female landlord took out a few neatly folded A4 papers from her bag, "Although we are renting the house individually, we have agreed on everything. I copied the contract according to the template on the Internet. What's wrong? Is there something wrong with our rental of the house, or is there something wrong with the girl who rented the house?"