Chapter 14 Blood Eyes (IV)

The door of the living room was closed at this time. Not long after Lily sat on the sofa, Jack came out in slippers, but he did not come to the sofa, but went to the bathroom first. After coming out of the bathroom, he came to sit next to the sofa. He was wearing pajamas when he went to bed last night, and he did not change his clothes at this moment, but he had just put the sculpture eyeball on the bed.

Before entering Jack's room, Lily had checked the alley behind the building, and she had also checked Fiona's body, especially the eye socket without the eyeball. So she didn't beat around the bush when talking to Jack, but got straight to the point: "After you encountered Fiona's body last night, how did she walk?"

Jack didn't hide it. After thinking for a while, he said: "It was as if her head was pulled forward by something, and her limbs didn't seem to be too strong." "Did you find anything abnormal in her body?" Lily kept her eyes on Jack when she asked.

Jack said, "Eyes, one of her eyes is blood red, and it's wide open, it looks scary." "Is it the sculpture you just held in your hand?" Lily suddenly asked.

Jack was stunned for a moment, and answered truthfully, "Yes, maybe because of my profession, I naturally want to express things that impress me in the form of sculptures."

Lily nodded, showing understanding, and continued to ask, "Why did you run downstairs after Fiona's body fell?" "I was worried that other residents who didn't know would get close, because I saw Fiona's body with my own eyes, so I thought she was a corpse. If someone got close out of curiosity at that time, it would be very dangerous." Jack lied.

"Someone upstairs saw you squatting in front of the body, as if you were checking something." Lily asked again, with a more scrutinizing look in her eyes. Jack nodded, his expression didn't show any difference, and he replied calmly, "Because I found that her blood-red eyeball was gone."

"Did you find it when you opened her eyelids?" Lily asked. Jack is not a fool, he certainly can't answer yes, otherwise it would be strange if the other party didn't suspect this behavior.

"No, I dare not do that. When I approached, the woman's eyelids were still open, but I just glanced and found that her left eyeball was gone." "Did you find any other abnormalities when you arrived in the alley?" Lily seemed to have no doubts and continued to ask.

Jack thought of the dog: "The alley is usually very smelly, and few people go there except for some stray dogs. It was so late, and there was a dog there, but I seemed to scare it away when I went there."

Lily nodded, and the situation matched what she knew, and then she stopped asking. Jack thought that if the disappearance of the eyeball was related to the mangy dog, that is, if it was eaten by that guy, it was none of his business.

Judging from Lily's current questioning, including Fiona's body and the congested eyeball, in the eyes of others, these images caused a strong visual impact on Jack. That's why he noticed the eyeball and made the sculpture. This is just a normal reaction of an ordinary person to something frightening.

But if Jack showed too much attention to the eyeball, or paid too much attention to it beyond imagination, the police officer of the investigation team would definitely suspect that he was hiding some secrets.

Lily thought for a moment, took out her mobile phone and called Jack. After the phone rang, she hung up immediately and said, "Save my phone number. If there is anything unusual around you in the next two days, contact me immediately."

Jack didn't know why she had his mobile phone number, but his phone was still in the bedroom. He couldn't help asking, "Is your investigation team responsible for handling special cases like this kind of corpse-resurrection?"

Lily didn't answer him directly. She stood up and said, "Compared to the police officers you often see, our investigation team has always been short of manpower. As for what case we are handling, it is not convenient to disclose it to the public for the time being."

After speaking, Lily walked to the door of the living room and opened the door. At this time, there was a young man in a black short-sleeved T-shirt standing at the door outside the house. After seeing Lily coming out, the man took two steps back to the right to make room for her, obviously waiting outside.

In the direction of the stairs leading to the fifth floor, a man's back disappeared at the corner, and he seemed to be going upstairs. Lily pointed at the man's back and asked the young man waiting for her: "Who is this person?"

The young man glanced at the direction of the stairs leading to the fifth floor: "It should be the resident upstairs, carrying a supermarket shopping bag, just passing here." Lily stopped asking and turned to Jack who was following behind her and said: "Fiona contacted you for a reason. We will continue to investigate this case. During this period, if you find anything suspicious, don't go downstairs alone like last night, and be sure to notify us first."

Jack didn't say anything, just nodded. After watching Lily and her colleagues go downstairs, he slowly closed the door, and during this time he seemed to hear the friction sound of plastic shopping bags coming from upstairs.

"Is there a reason why Fiona contacted me?" Jack silently repeated Lily's words, frowned and thought for a moment, but he still had no clue why Fiona came to find him.

At this moment, his stomach suddenly growled. Jack realized that he seemed to have not eaten for a long time.

Looking at the time, it was almost time for dinner. Thinking that he had stayed at home for a long time, he went out to exercise his body. He did not order takeout, but took a shower, changed clothes, and then locked the door and left.

When he came out of the stairs on the first floor, Jack happened to see Uncle King, who lived on the first floor and was known for his hot temper, cursing there, holding a dirty shovel with filth in his hand.

"Uncle King, look at you... who made you angry again?" Jack asked with a smile. Uncle King wore a white old man's shirt and loose shorts. He raised the shovel in his hand, pointed to a spot in the corner of the stairs where there were still traces, and said in a loud voice: "I don't know what bad luck has happened to our community in the past two days. The girl surnamed Lin upstairs just died yesterday. At night, I heard that there was a thief in the building. Today, there was suddenly a dead dog at the entrance of the stairs. I just shoveled the dead dog out and cleaned the place. It's so unlucky!"

There was a reason why he was so angry, because the place where the dead dog was lying was right in front of his door. It seemed that Uncle King was not going to take the shovel.

"Dead dog?" Jack was stunned and asked: "Where did you throw the dead dog?" "Where else can it be thrown? The garbage bin behind the street!"

"I just happened to pass by there. Uncle, your shovel is dirty too. Do you still want it? If you don't want it, I will help you throw it away." Jack said. Uncle King stuffed it into his hand: "I forgot to throw it away just now. Sorry to bother you, Jack!"

Jack took the shovel, but he felt a little uneasy. He remembered that Lily mentioned that Fiona's contact with him was not without reason, and the sudden death of the dog seemed to be related to the incident last night. He decided to check carefully to see if there was anything unusual on the way to the trash can.