The Devil is Lurking By Your Side

On a quiet pavement, several young boys between the ages of 10-12 are playing football. Since there is no football field or playground nearby, the boys chose this road with few cars as a football field for convenience.

"Xiaohua, I'll pass the ball to you! Hurry up!" shouted one of the boys, Xiao Rong.

The 10-year-old boy named Xiao Hua saw Xiao Rong rushing to his side with the ball, he quickly concentrated his attention, and shouted: "I'm here! I'm here! Pass it on!"

Seeing that he came to his side, Xiao Rong gently kicked the ball at his feet and passed it to Xiao Hua's feet.

Seeing the ball at his feet spinning around and seeing the enemy Xiao Ming rushing over, Xiao Hua became anxious and ran faster with the ball under his feet. He saw the small city in front of him guarding the gantry with his arms wide open, ready to pick up the ball he was about to kick.

Because the distance was very close, and Xiaohua was eager to win, he quickly launched his force and kicked the ball fiercely towards the goal in front. However, somehow, his feet slipped slightly and suddenly lost his aim.

I saw that the ball was kicked high by him, and quickly wiped it over the head of the town. Seeing this, Xiaocheng quickly got short for fear that this aggressive ball hit his head.

Since the ball didn't touch any place of borrowing, it shot towards the distance. Just before the boys had time to react, they saw that the ball had touched a window unbiasedly, and with a bang, broke the glass window of the opposite room.

The boys were so stunned that they looked at the house, but they didn't hear any screams coming from inside. They looked at each other and kept silent, but they were thinking about the same thing in their hearts.

Oops, it is the window of the rich man's house that is smashed at this moment. This time it is really finished. Where can they find money to compensate others?

I don't know who took the lead and shouted: "Flee!"

Then, the boys ran off one by one, quickly escaping to the other end of the road, as far away as possible from the room.

When they turned their heads to look at each other, they saw that the blood was flushed on everyone's face, and then they pointed at each other's noses and laughed.

"Xiaocheng! You run so fast! Every time an accident occurs, you are the fastest one!" Xiao Ming squatted down and laughed.

Xiaocheng was blushing when he said that he couldn't help but sneered at him: "Didn't you also run away? You laughed at fifty steps!"

As the two people blamed each other, the boys standing aside laughed again. Only Xiao Hua who was standing beside him couldn’t laugh anymore. He only heard him say pitifully, “We’re broken. Other people’s windows are the same thing, but what about my ball?"

When he said this, his face immediately showed a sad look. These boys are not children from rich families, and this ball was bought by Xiaohua after saving up pocket money for several months.

So, he must get the ball back anyway.

"Let's not go back. If it's a big deal, we will pool the money to buy one again?" Xiaocheng patted Xiaohua on the shoulder and comforted.

However, the stubborn Xiao Hua was very reluctant in his heart, he didn't want to spend more money on the ball. Moreover, this ball was bought by his hard saving money, so he is a special treasure for it.

So he said to them, "I have to go back and get it." After he finished speaking, he turned around and ran.

"Xiaohua, wait!" Xiao Ming stopped him, and when he saw him running without looking back, he said anxiously to the other boys: "I'll go see him!"

Seeing Xiaohua and Xiaoming running away one after another, the boys also followed reluctantly and turned around and walked back.

When they came to the villa again, Xiao Hua looked at the tall door rail outside the villa, not only a little dazed. How could he climb in with such a high gate?

Among the boys, Xiao Ming is the tallest. When he saw Xiao Hua's face that was about to cry, he couldn't help sighing, "I'll do it."

He came to the door rail and looked in through the small hole in the door rail, trying to test if anyone inside was home. But after watching for a long time, I found that it was quiet inside, and I didn't know where the owner of the house had gone.

"There seems to be no one inside." Xiao Ming turned his head and said to everyone.

The boys also seemed to realize that the owner of the house was not at home, so they were all bold. Xiao Rong said to Xiao Ming: "We stand outside to give you the wind, you can climb in and take the ball and come out quickly."

Xiao Ming nodded, then looked back.

Since Xiao Ming is a fierce sportsman in school, such a high gate can't hinder him at all, so he climbed up step by step. After a few minutes, he finally crossed the gate rail, and then slowly climbed down.

When everyone saw that he successfully entered the courtyard of this family, they were all happy, and watched intently as he tiptoedly moved past the broken glass window.

Xiaoming came to the window lightly, picked up the ball, and did not leave immediately. Driven by curiosity, he went further, leaned against the window, and looked up.

At this moment, when a gust of wind blew outside, Xiao Ming suddenly felt a chill. The wind blew the hairs on his hands upright, and at the same time he smelled an unpleasant smell in the tip of his nose.

When he put his hand on the side of the window, the alarm bell outside the house suddenly rang, which shocked him and the other boys standing outside the house. Without warning, everyone rushed around, leaving Xiao Hua alone, standing still.

"Xiao Hua, run!" Xiao Cheng pulled him, but Xiao Hua seemed to be frightened, unable to move at all.

In fact, he was thinking about his ball.

Xiao Ming, who was still in the villa, held the ball tightly and ran to the door with his legs pulled out. Xiao Ming, who was in a tense moment, came to the gate fence, and when he looked up at the gate fence, he suddenly felt that the gate fence became so tall and high, and in a hurry, he quickly threw the ball out.

After that, he stretched out his hands and wanted to climb out of the gate, but he couldn't climb out no matter how hard he tried.

He looked out of the door anxiously, seeing Xiaohua walking quickly to the ball, bending over to pick up the ball that was thrown by him, and hurriedly shouted: "Xiaohua, wait for me!"

After Xiaohua picked up his ball, he heard Xiao Ming's yelling. He turned around and saw Xiao Ming still in the courtyard of the villa, staring at himself anxiously. And just a few adults ran over not far away, and he hurriedly called to Xiao Ming: "Xiao Ming, someone is coming!"

"What are you doing?!" At this moment, one of the men who was rushing towards them shouted loudly.

And another man hurriedly took out his cell phone, dialed the phone, and said hurriedly to the other end of the cell phone: "Public Security Bureau? Send someone to the XX community, there are thief!"

Seeing that the men were gradually pushing towards him, Xiao Hua wanted to run, but when he saw that Xiao Ming was still in the house, he hesitated for a while. Just when he was in a dilemma, one of the men had already rushed over, grabbed his hand, and asked, "What do you do for breaking into someone else's home without authorization?!"

The man lowered his head to see Xiaohua's old clothes, immediately treated him as a thief, and asked sharply again: "What are you doing!"

Looking at the man's fierce face, Xiao Hua cried anxiously, but seeing Xiao Ming inside, seeing that Xiao Hua had been caught, he quickly stepped back and ran into the house with all his might.

He pushed open the door of the hall, and saw that the door opened at the sound, but it was not locked inside, so he hurried in.

One of the big guys had sharp eyes and saw Xiao Ming returning to the house again, shouting: "There is one more inside!"

Hearing the man's yelling, Xiao Ming hurriedly ran into the lobby of the house, but he tripped under an iron box. Because of his collision, the lid of the iron box was pulled and dragged by him, and then fell off, making a loud noise.

When the lid was knocked to the ground by him, the unpleasant stench came again.

Xiao Ming had already been so scared by the big men outside the door that his face was blue and his lips pale, he scrambled to his feet, but the corner of his eyes looked into the iron box unintentionally. When he saw the stuff inside, he couldn't bear to cry out anymore.

"what!!!!!!!!"

The loud shouting was deafening, and at the same time it alarmed the men and Xiaohua outside. Everyone looked in the door rail and saw Xiao Ming's figure sitting on the floor of the hall again.

For a while, everyone was a little confused, wondering what Xiao Ming met in it that made him scream like this.

At this moment, a police car drove over and followed two police officers jumped out of the car. After they saw a few big men at the door, they quickly asked, "Where is the snitch?"

One of the big guys pushed Xiao Hua lightly and said, "It's him." Then, he pointed to Xiao Ming in the room and said, "There is another one inside."

One of the police officers nodded, took a thin wire from his trouser pocket, and drove to the lock of the door. After a while, the door lock was unlocked.

Everyone broke in and saw that the door of the hall was left open, and Xiao Ming had already been sitting on the ground, with an extremely ugly expression on his face. When they stepped into the house, a foul smell came out.

Everyone frowned, pulled Xiao Ming up from the ground, and looked at the iron box next to him. The sight immediately stunned everyone.

A big man standing next to the iron box tremblingly said: "Yes... there are... there are dead people..."

And the police officer who had just opened the iron lock saw the body in the iron box, calmly took out his cell phone from his trouser pocket again, dialed the number, and said: "Send a few more police cars to the XX community. A murder happened here. ."

After covering the phone, everyone was evacuated and said to them: "Everyone, go out. We must protect the scene and don't destroy the evidence."

The big guys nodded and walked out of the house. The police officer who was still standing outside the door holding Xiao Hua saw everyone's faces heavy and asked, "What's the matter?"

"There is a corrupt body inside." The police officer said, walking out of the room with Xiao Ming.

"By the way, this is Chen Huawei's villa!" Suddenly, a man shouted.

"Yes, yes, this is the villa she lives in!" Another man nodded and said when he heard him say so.

Could it be. . .

When thinking of this, everyone was stunned, and no one could say anything for a while. .

Soon, the scene was blocked by police officers who arrived in a hurry, and the yellow cordon was pulled up and surrounded the entire villa. The owners of the other villas were also alarmed, and all walked out of their houses and surrounded the villas where Chen Huawei lived.

After Beishi Police Officer Fan called the forensic doctor, he stood outside the house to maintain the order, waiting for the forensic doctor and trace examiner to arrive.

At the same time, he called Director Wang of the Federal Bureau of Yang City: "Director Wang, there is a suspected murder in Beishi. We need to use the power of the Federal Bureau to help us solve the case."

After the phone call was over, Xiao Ming, who was still trembling on the side, greeted him. I saw him bending over and asking in a low voice: "How did you find the body?"

Xiao Ming looked at Officer Fan’s serious expression and stammered: “We... We didn’t want to steal. He... His ball broke the window of the house. We were afraid that the owner of the house would come out, so we had to sneak up. I went in and tried to get the ball out. Later... Later... They came and I was frightened, so I ran to the hall of the house, accidentally hit the box, and saw the dead..."

Officer Fan nodded and checked the child's face carefully, knowing that he was not lying. The stench from the carrion is enough to prove that the deceased has been dead for many days, so the murder must have nothing to do with these two naughty children.

As the children said, they accidentally broke the murder case just to pick up a ball.

The author has something to say: The New Year is coming. If you have not bought a ticket, please buy a ticket as soon as possible. If you have not bought a ticket, please buy a ticket as soon as possible.

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