False evidence

Chapter 133 Customer Arrival
The monkey stared blankly for a long time, then suddenly its eyes widened:

"You mean, the Liu family's curse has nothing to do with rewards or punishments? You mean..."

I covered his mouth: "This is just our speculation. No one has the right to instigate others to kill, nor can they encourage a 120-year-old man to commit suicide. So, some things are better left unsaid."

……

For the next few days, besides going to work, I spent all my time talking to Chou Dan.

Talking to a cat, especially about such profound topics, would make even the chairman of a cat lovers' association think I'm crazy.

However, I had to do what I thought was right. If I didn't calm the old cat down... I was really afraid it would do something drastic again.

"Buzz...buzz...buzz..."

I took the phone from Fang Ling, glanced at it, and answered the call:

"Hey, Ping-ge, missed me?"

Li Ping asked, "Where are you?"

"At work."

I glanced at Fang Ling behind the counter and felt truly guilty for saying that. If I don't make a sale for a hundred years, and when I do, it's just trouble, what's the point of going to work? Sometimes I even feel like my profession isn't veterinarian, but professional conversation companion.

Li Ping said, "See if you can leave work a little early. Mengniu and I are both here with Monkey right now."

"Okay. I'll do it as soon as possible."

Uncle Cheng happened to be in the shop, so I greeted him and Fang Ling and hurried back.

As soon as I entered the monkey's clinic, I heard the monkey shouting at the top of its lungs:
"The King of Nonsense is here! Everyone cover your ears! Don't pay any attention to him!"

His reaction was because, these past few days, besides talking to the cat, I've been talking non-stop to everyone I can find. Now even the monkey, known for its chatter, complains of a headache when it sees me.

I didn't dare tell anyone that I did this to increase my presence, hoping that it would minimize the chances of Lü Xin taking advantage of me.

I hadn't seen Liping and Mengchao for a while, and after exchanging a few pleasantries, Monkey closed the door, and the four of us headed straight for the restaurant at the intersection.

After ordering, Meng Chao opened a beer and winked at me, saying, "Is my sister-in-law home? If she is, why don't you ask her to come out and meet me?"

The monkey chimed in, "Pidan isn't here. She went to the city hospital with her mother for a checkup these past two days. That girl's illness requires hospitalization after the checkup, so she won't be back until tomorrow afternoon at the earliest."

Meng Chao chuckled: "That's fine too. Anyway, we don't have to go to class these two days. Since we have a place to stay, Brother Ping and I will stay here."

The monkey chimed in, "Stay, stay! As long as you're not afraid of being driven crazy by that garrulous Tang Sanzang, you can stay as long as you want. But let me make this clear first: my place is small, and I'm used to sleeping alone. If anyone can't stand it in the middle of the night and comes to say they want to squeeze in with me, forget it."

Li Ping couldn't help but laugh: "Can you shut up and let us brothers see just how annoying this Tang Sanzang really is?"

After laughing and joking around for a while, the dishes were served, and they officially started drinking.

After finishing the beer at the bottom of the glass, they switched to baijiu (Chinese liquor). Li Ping picked up his glass and said:
"I'll only offer this one three-seven salute; the rest of you should stay out of it."

"What do you mean? A one-on-one fight?" I asked with a laugh.

Li Ping said, "I don't dare to fight you one-on-one. Your hand is injured, and you can't drink too much. Okay, let's have one more."

After putting down his wine glass, Li Ping grinned and said to me, "We're all brothers, so I won't beat around the bush. The house you're living in now has already found a buyer."

I quickly said seriously, "Okay then. Anyway, I've found a job now, so I'll rent a place tomorrow."

"Still renting in this area? Is it easy to find a place to live?"

For some reason, Li Ping looked at me with a rather strange expression.

I didn't take it to heart and said, "I already found it. It's right next to your yard. I don't even need to pack my luggage. I can just throw it over the wall."

The monkey laughed heartily, "You've been eyeing sharing a room with Pidan for a while now, haven't you? We'll have to see how well you've managed to curry favor with your future mother-in-law first." I stopped laughing, raised my glass to Liping, and said, "Brother Ping, this is a toast to you. I've remembered all the good things you guys have done for me lately. I'm not good with words, so I've expressed them all in this drink..."

"Go to hell!" the monkey laughed and cursed. "I haven't spoken as much in six months as you have in the last few days!"

Li Ping looked at me, then suddenly put down his wine glass and said, "You're not joking with me?"

"what happened?"

Li Ping scratched his head: "Hey, if you're not joking with me, then this really is weird."

"What's going on?" the monkey asked.

Li Ping said, "I was trying to sell that house in the back yard through a real estate agent. This morning, the agent called me and said someone wanted to buy it, and they didn't even try to negotiate the price."

I immediately sensed something was wrong: "Aside from the time the agent came, no one has come to see the apartment these past few days?"

Li Ping stared at me blankly again.

"What's wrong with you today?" Mengniu shoved him. "Speak your mind!"

Li Ping said, "I met with the buyer this morning, and he said there was no need to see the house anymore because the new owner, who is about to transfer the ownership, is currently living in the yard."

Both Monkey and Meng Chao were taken aback: "Living here?"

They both looked at me at the same time: "You? You want to buy a house?"

I thought for a moment and asked Liping, "What does the other person look like?"

"He seems to be an accountant. Oh, and there's a mute person with him."

"So it was him." I realized what he meant, and my face fell.

"Dumb..."

The monkey slapped its thigh and exclaimed, "I knew it! Who would just hand over money to buy a house for someone else for no reason?"

Li Ping asked, "Are they friends? I don't recall Sanqi having any relatives here."

The monkey said, "He's not a friend, he's... an old man."

"Another old man?" Meng Chao looked at me with a half-smile. "Your constitution attracts old men? What kind of extraordinary encounter have you had this time?"

The monkey waved its hand: "Come on, that's no good old man, we're not selling our house to him."

"Brother Monkey, the decision to sell the house rests with the family." I picked up a piece of food and mumbled, "But if it's not mine, I don't want it."

Li Ping rolled his eyes and nodded: "Okay, I understand. I'll talk to them again another day."

"Wow, who's so awesome that they wouldn't even take a house offered to them?" a voice laughed.

I couldn't help but roll my eyes. When I turned around, Gao He was already in front of me, and with him was another person, Jiang Banxia, ​​who had brought the cat to the clinic.

"Tsk, how can you be so clueless? Aren't you going to give a seat to a beautiful lady?" Gao He plopped down next to the monkey without any politeness.

He took out his cigarette case, waved it around, and said, "I'm face-blind, so whether I know you or not, I, Gao He, am late, so I'll punish myself first!"

As he spoke, he didn't care whose cup it was, picked it up and chugged it down in one gulp.

Then, he grinned and pointed to the empty seat next to me, saying to Jiang Banxia, ​​"You haven't eaten either, have you? Since you're here, sit down."

He casually told us, "This beautiful lady's surname is Jiang, Jiang Banxia. Let me first introduce her profession to you guys. She's the most skilled forensic pathologist in our city. I don't know if any of you are sensitive about this, but if you are, drink three glasses first, and then all you'll see is this beautiful lady."

(End of this chapter)