Xu Zhongyi was definitely at the crime scene.
The time was right. When Benfield saved him the next morning, Xu Zhongyi's burn was also right.
A very important piece of the puzzle is missing:
"Did Mr. Benfield mention where Uncle Xu's wife and son went? Mr. field took care of Uncle Xu for half a year and didn't sell Uncle Xu to the gangs. Uncle Xu should trust him! "
Jim shook his head. "Field said very little about Xu. He was very quiet in the basement. He went to see if Xu was still alive every day. He didn't communicate with others. In addition to sleeping, he wrote something on paper. Field also understood Chinese characters. The day before Xu secretly left, he burned all the things he wrote, and the ash was poured into the toilet and washed away! "
This behavior sounds like post-traumatic stress disorder.
Post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD for short, is a mental disorder caused by a sudden, threatening or catastrophic event. Patients usually have nightmares, personality changes, insomnia and irritability. All things that will trigger traumatic memories will escape.
"Can I see Mr. field in Los Angeles?"
Xia Xiaolan still wants to know more details from Benfield's population.
Jim also felt very difficult: "Xia, after I found out that the vase seller was field, he was very afraid. This time I went to Los Angeles, he was already selling his house and wanted to move with his family to another place. I don't think you are fit to see field. It will make field more afraid and he won't see you. "
Grandma Yu can understand.
Normal people want to stay away from such complex things. Benfield is afraid that he and his family will get into trouble. What he already knows has been said. He doesn't want to contact them again.
"Xiaolan, forget it. Don't embarrass others. I thank Mr. field for saving Zhongyi. It's enough for me to prove from his mouth that Zhongyi is still alive. "
In the United States, there was so much noise.
Grandma Yu is now beating a drum in her heart: Xiaolan is definitely willing to continue to catch up. Even if the money spent exceeds the value of the small building in Erqi square, she will not stop. Secondly, how to ensure personal safety?
Benfield, just because the detective found out that he sold the vase, was going to move in a hurry.
The gang that hurt Zhongyi is so powerful that grandma Yu is not worried about her old life. She is afraid to catch Xia Xiaolan.
"Xiaolan, I'll talk to you alone."
Liu Fen doesn't know why. What can't she listen to?
However, grandma was always dignified. Liu Fen left the room first with Jim.
Only Xia Xiaolan and grandma Yu were left. Grandma Yu asked her to sit down and talk:
"That's it. Tomorrow we'll leave San Francisco and go back to New York. You take me and your mother to Issa for two days to see what Cornell University is like, and then I'll go home with your mother!"
Xia Xiaolan's heart tightened.
Smart as she is, how can she not understand grandma Yu's subtext.
It's incredible. Looking for the whereabouts of Xu Zhongyi's family is grandma Yu's obsession for many years. Seeing the truth approaching step by step to uncover the mystery, grandma Yu actually chose to give up!
"You -"
"Just as you think, you can't be too selfish. The Zhongyi family didn't find it, but they involved you and your mother. I'd appreciate it if you could find out for me. Zhongyi is still alive. That's what I want to know most. I also believe that Zhongyi is still alive... But he doesn't dare to return home to find me. How hard has he been living these years? Xiaolan, that's it. I don't want to trouble you or find him and harm him. He must have his own reason to hide! "
Are the bad guys still looking for Zhongyi?
Grandma Yu thinks it's very possible.
The bad guys know that they are looking for Zhongyi after such a big noise. Are they waiting for them to find Zhongyi?
Public security in the United States is too chaotic. If grandma Yu is not afraid in China, neither Tang Hongen nor the Zhou family will watch Xia Xiaolan's mother and daughter have an accident. In China, the safety of Xia Xiaolan's mother and daughter is guaranteed. China's guns are controlled. They were severely cracked down two years ago, which is much safer than here in San Francisco!
Xia Xiaolan hesitated: "do you want Uncle Xu to secretly contact us in a safer way after he knows we are looking for him?"
Avoid San Francisco, leave San Francisco.
Show those gangsters that they have given up looking for Xu Zhongyi.
When Liu Fen and grandma Yu return home, Xia Xiaolan, a young female college student, will relax their vigilance. They may monitor her for a period of time and give up as time goes by.
Xia Xiaolan will stay in the United States for more than half a year. If Xu Zhongyi is really alive, he will show up.
Xia Xiaolan considered the gains and losses for a while and admitted that grandma Yu was right.
Here in San Francisco, there are coffin autopsies, police investigations, television and newspaper interviews. All kinds of eyes gather here, impressively like a crater brewing hot magma.
If you are not careful, magma will gush out and hurt yourself and others.
"I agree with your proposal in principle, but if we leave, I will ask Jim to continue the investigation. Uncle Xu brought more than one vase abroad. Benfield's vase came into the market by coincidence and was traced by Jim. What about the other antiques Uncle Xu brought out? And Uncle Xu gave the vase to field only after he recovered from his injury, which proved that his condition was not as bad as we thought. At least he saved some of his property. "
If you keep one vase, will you keep others?
Did he sell anything else these years?
Xia Xiaolan thinks that tracing the whereabouts of the antiques brought out by Xu Zhongyi will have two results.
Find the gangsters who hurt Xu Zhongyi, or find Xu Zhongyi himself!
Grandma Yu thought for a while before agreeing:
"You can check, but you should stay away from that Jim. Even if he is found, others will not find you!"
Xia Xiaolan nodded heavily.
"I'll disconnect Jim and let him stay away from San Francisco for a while. Let others see clearly. We ran out of money in San Francisco and left disappointed!"
Xia Xiaolan did what she said.
She first lowered the accommodation standard and moved from a good hotel to a bad hotel.
He also cut the bonus for providing clues from $10000 to $2000, stayed in San Francisco until June 1, and left San Francisco with regret.
"No one followed us."
Min Xiaoju is all loose.
Just after losing the tramp, min Xiaoju was a little nervous. Everyone looked like someone else sent to watch.
Min Xiaoju really wants to set off firecrackers to celebrate when she can leave that ghost place in San Francisco!