Seventeen feathers

Yin Chen set up barriers around him to prevent being seen by nearby residents.

The field of vision after taking off is indeed much wider.

"Ling Han, have you found anything?" Su Mo asked from the window.

Although I don't know Yin Chen very well, since he can help, I tacitly agree to his joining.

"Don't you think the growth of this vegetation is strange?" Ye Linghan said calmly, but then he suddenly seemed to remember something and looked up at Su Mo, who looked helpless, and laughed out loud, "Sorry, I forgot you might not be able to see it."

Because he chose it because of the limited scope of his observation inside.

"Give me the camera so I can take some pictures."

Yao Qingluan handed over the camera.

Ye Linghan observed the growth of the roots of the ground ivy. On the wall between the first and second floors, there were only a few sparse roots rooted inside the wall for easy fixation. But when it reached the second floor, many branches burst out from the main trunk, as if there was some sufficient nourishment inside the wall, causing those branches to rush inside.

Even though he had grabbed onto the vines to gain leverage when he fell, and some of it would have fallen off, the contrast was still stark.

Ye Linghan reached out and spread out the complicated veins of the ground ivy, and most of the roots were embedded under the window sill of Zhao Xingjian's house.

"Can you put me down a little?" Ye Linghan put his other hand on Yin Chen's arm, and his back was pressed tightly against his chest.

Yin Chen did as he was told and descended.

Ye Linghan took photos from different angles and brought them back into the house. Yin Chen followed him in.

"Young Master, why are you here suddenly?" Ye Linghan knew that Yin Chen's words just now were just a teasing, and he must have a reason for coming here.

"Looking for Zhao Xingjian."

Yin Chen was actually related to this matter. Alarm bells rang in Ye Linghan's mind. He couldn't figure out what kind of entanglement there was between the two of them. He had never seen Yin Chen and Zhao Xingjian appear in the same frame before.

Su Mo quickly glanced at Yin Chen, staring at him and asking, "What do you want to do with him?"

Yin Chen didn't take it seriously. "He's my younger brother's driver, but I haven't seen him for a while. I was worried something might have happened, so I came to help him find him."

"Yinster?" Ye Linghan asked.

Yin Chen nodded, "Yeah."

"Then why doesn't he come?" Ye Linghan felt puzzled. Whoever's driver is responsible for finding him. Besides, he is just a driver. Why does he have to ask the boss for help? Where are his subordinates?

"Is there something urgent? I must ask you to come forward to find it." Ye Linghan looked at Yin Chen meaningfully.

Su Mo and Yao Qingluan on the side shook their heads left and right as they watched the game between the two.

Yin Chen crossed his arms, his expression calm, "He stole the company's confidential documents, and I came here because I heard you were here."

"Oh, okay." Ye Linghan was choked. Faced with his sudden sweet words, he didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Yin Chen glanced at Ye Linghan with a cold gaze, a faint smile playing on his lips. "Don't overthink it." He had only said half of his words when he leaned over and whispered in Ye Linghan's ear, "I'm just worried that something might happen to you and you'd have no one to warm my bed for you."

Who was overthinking it?! Ye Linghan instantly looked like a grouchy young wife, rolling her eyes at him fiercely. What good was a cold and boring vampire? He was so cold that even sleeping with him would wake him up from the cold. And he might be eaten alive one day. He wouldn't even need cremation after death, turning directly into a pile of dried skin and a skeleton.

Ye Linghan was magnanimous and didn't bother to argue. He shrugged and tilted his head, "It's a pity you're late. He's been gone for a while."

"Yeah, I know." Yin Chen didn't take it seriously, as if it had nothing to do with him.

That’s right, there is nothing that Yin Chen doesn’t know. As long as he wants, he will get first-hand information.

No wonder Zhao Xingjian can afford to smoke cigarettes that cost 4,000 yuan a pack. Judging from the current situation, there are two possibilities. The first possibility is that as Yinster's driver, it is not surprising that he is rich. The second possibility is that he can get a lot of money by selling the stolen information to his opponents.

"Then do you know any useful information?" Ye Linghan thought that it would be a waste not to use it, so he might as well take advantage of the opportunity to ask for more useful clues.

"Are you still so arrogant even when asking for help?" Yin Chen teased him deliberately.

"you…"

Ye Linghan was about to retort, but Yin Chen didn't give him the chance.

"Zhao Xingjian didn't die at the hands of the vampires. I looked at the pictures, and the tooth marks were large and deep, as if someone had done it deliberately."

"How do you know?" Su Mo asked.

Yin Chen raised an eyebrow. Although he was answering Su Mo's question, his gaze was directed at Ye Linghan. "Because there will always be living people who have experienced it."

Is he crazy? Has he been possessed by a ghost these days? Ye Linghan glared at him angrily. If you can't speak, then don't speak. No one treats him as a mute.

Of course he could understand what Yin Chen meant.

Upon hearing this, Su Mo and Yao Qingluan looked at Ye Linghan with a hint of concern in their eyes, as if to say - please tell me your story.

Ye Linghan didn't dare to receive any signals from the two people and tried to avoid their gazes. Although the subtle relationship between him and Yin Chen was no longer a secret in front of the two people, this kind of thing could only be seen but not spoken out. If he were asked to say it out loud out of the blue, he would still feel a little embarrassed.

Don’t even think about asking him to warm your bed anymore. Just hold it in when you have an attack. Ye Linghan secretly swore that he would never let this naughty man in front of him drink even a drop of his blood again!

But returning to the matter of Zhao Xingjian, what Yin Chen said was indeed true. Ye Linghan thought about it carefully. Every time he was bitten by Yin Chen, although he would feel uncomfortable in most cases, at least the shape of the wound was beautiful.

Moreover, the saliva of vampires has a healing function, and the wound will inevitably be stained with some during the licking process. Even if it cannot be immediately healed, it will certainly not be like this.

Besides, Yin Chen had bitten him before when he was mad and lost his mind, but there had never been such a horrifying deep hole.

"That's true." Ye Linghan said in a low voice.

"You mean, Zhao Xingjian's death was not actually caused by the vampires, so it should still be handed over to the police?" Su Mo's face was full of worry, and he stood aside with his hand on his forehead, obviously feeling a little dizzy.

Ye Linghan glanced at Yin Chen, instantly understanding what he meant. He retorted, "Of course not. The wound wasn't necessarily caused by a vampire bite, but the cause of death can't be guaranteed to be caused by a vampire. So, the vampires can't be completely absolved of any responsibility in this whole incident."

Originally thought he could get rid of this hot potato, but the dream was shattered too quickly, and Su Mo was a little depressed.

"Oh, right." Ye Linghan took the camera from Yin Chen and handed it to Yao Qingluan. "I just noticed that the climbing plants near Zhao Xingjian's house are growing particularly lush, and their roots are also thicker."

As he spoke, he handed the evidence bags to Su Mo and Yao Qingluan respectively.

Su Mo compared the two samples and found that it was just as Ye Linghan said. The roots of the ground ivy near Xingjian's house were thicker, as if they had absorbed more nutrients. "So there's something wrong with his house?" He tapped the floor with his toes, making a "tap, tap" sound.

"That's what I'm thinking. However, it's not realistic for us to pry up all the floorboards. Let's look for clues first, and then solve them all together when we have some clues."

While trying their best to maintain the scene, they did not miss any corner of the survey.

Ye Linghan walked around the living room and when he came to the sofa, he didn't pay attention at first, but somehow, a strong feeling suddenly arose in his heart, as if guiding him.

Just as Su Mo said, he chose to believe that this feeling did not appear out of thin air, so he deliberately paid attention to the area around the sofa. Sure enough, he almost missed the subtle traces.

At the part where the bottom of the sofa contacts the ground, the floor is slightly raised. If you don't look carefully, you can't see it at all, and the dust on the ground has obvious signs of being pulled off.

But it was only a tiny drag mark of about one centimeter, which was difficult to detect under the debris on the ground.

Ye Linghan squatted down and reached out to press the bulging floor.

"There seems to be something here."

Upon hearing this, Su Mo and Yao Qingluan hurried forward. Yao Qingluan used her camera to take pictures from various angles as evidence, and then Ye Linghan assisted Su Mo in moving the sofa away.

Looking at the large scratches on the bottom of the sofa, they were even more certain that someone had touched it.

Ye Linghan, wearing gloves, fiddled with the gap between the two floors. It was very loose and felt like it could be lifted up.

He turned around and asked Su Mo, "Do you want to pry it open?"

Su Mo nodded, "I'll help you."

"Wait a minute." Yin Chen, who had been silent on the side, suddenly spoke and walked over.

He raised his hand, and a layer of barrier instantly covered the three people. In an instant, it was like a stream of water slowly flowing down from top to bottom, and then turned into invisible.

Ye Linghan watched this process and asked, "What is this?"

"Just in case, it can protect you for a certain period of time, isolating you from harmful gases and minor injuries, but if it's particularly strong, you'll be on your own."

Yin Chen is like this every time. He clearly means to help, but always says something unpleasant at the end.

"Thank you." Su Mo thanked him stiffly.

The two boys were doing physical work, while Yao Qingluan stood by and recorded the process with a camera.

At first, Ye Linghan observed the growth of the ivy outside the window and guessed that there might be plant roots under the floor. After all, the house was so dirty and messy that it was not suitable for human habitation, but it might not be unsuitable for plants.

But when he moved the sofa, he suppressed this idea deep in his heart, because only the floor under the sofa was lifted up, and the surrounding area was very flat. If it was the roots of a plant, how could it be possible to jump over the distance between the window and the sofa and extend directly under the sofa.

With a hint of curiosity in their hearts, when the two people pried open the floor one by one, a strange and horrifying scene suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

"Ah!" Yao Qingluan, who was recording on the side, screamed almost voicelessly, covering her mouth and widening her eyes in disbelief.

Yin Chen, who was standing nearby, heard the scream and walked over. Perhaps because he had lived for a long time, his emotions were relatively stable.

But Ye Linghan and Su Mo, who were closest to the scene, were not so lucky. They were hit head-on. When they saw the scene in front of them, their pupils suddenly constricted and they both stepped back at the same time.

"Oh my god!" Su Mo's brain short-circuited for a moment, and he couldn't control his curse words. When he subconsciously stepped back, he accidentally tripped and sat directly on the ground.

But he subconsciously thought of Yao Qingluan, and stood up with difficulty to block in front of her, trembling and covering Yao Qingluan's eyes. Even though he was also very scared, he still gently comforted her, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid..."

Ye Linghan was better off than him. When he dodged, his back hit Yin Chen's leg, and he barely managed to keep his balance and not fall to the ground.

Before their eyes, there were indeed dense plant roots under the floor, but entangled among them were human bones that had been broken into countless tiny pieces.