The man paused slightly, looking with amusement at the girl who was casually rinsing the blood off her hands. His expression was unreadable. "You're hiding something."
It's not about asking for peace, but about stating the facts.
But An Ning remained unmoved, merely moving her wrist to allow the water to wash the blood off her hands more thoroughly. "Is that so?"
She did not deny it, nor did she try to hide what was hidden in her blood-stained palms.
That was a photograph.
To be precise, it is a fragment that is only a small section left, with only half a turtle on it. The other half of the turtle in the photo is completely missing.
But this wasn't difficult information for Anning to understand.
This suggests that the message likely refers to an explorer.
The missing half of the turtle could easily be interpreted as the explorer's corpse being split in two.
Of course, this is just her personal opinion, and how others interpret this half of the photo is none of her business.
She doesn't need to know how others will interpret the meaning of the photo.
Because she made no attempt to hide the photo, the man who had been following her also saw it.
"Are you satisfied now? You've already seen it."
An Ning successfully washed away the last drop of blood from her hands. Holding the half-photograph between her fingertips, she stood straight in front of the man, looking him up at him.
An Ning knew who this person was.
No, it should be said that the original owner knew him.
This is the male actor who worked with the original owner in the same TV series. As soon as his drama with the original owner aired, it was met with a barrage of criticism. From the start of the drama until its successful conclusion, there was no shortage of criticism under the Weibo posts of this person and the original owner.
An Ning received only criticism for her poor acting skills, while this one... was questioned by many netizens for not being good-looking.
Why is this? Because when he stands with Anning, it's like a toad and a swan standing together, and then he tells everyone that the swan and the toad are together.
No one could accept that.
And this man is that toad.
The two were very close at this moment. In such close proximity, An Ning could clearly see the other person's face. After seeing it clearly, she really wanted to explain for the man who had been wrongly accused of being a toad:
It's definitely not a toad.
Although he didn't meet An Ning's standard of handsomeness, he was still quite good-looking. That director really knew how to film.
However, An Ning only thought this in her heart and did not really intend to be the first to stick her neck out.
Even if this person is cursed to death, it has nothing to do with her, since she wasn't the one who started the cursing.
Jiang Yu felt the gaze upon him and looked down, only to be met with a pair of clear yet unfathomable eyes. After what seemed like an eternity, he finally spoke slowly, "I saw it. It feels like information about the explorers."
His words sounded like he wanted to discuss something with Anning, but Anning didn't want to because she had no liking for this person at all.
What she hates most are people who stalk her. Who knew she would run into one right at the start of the recording, and it was a seasoned one at that. Otherwise, with her counter-surveillance skills, how could the other party have followed her so smoothly?
This is definitely not the first time they've done something like this.
Thinking of this, An Ning felt even more nauseous and turned slightly to leave in front of the person.
As Jiang Yu watched An Ning's departing figure, his hand, hanging by his side, slowly clenched into a fist.
The other guests did not wait for An Ning and Jiang Yu at the original location. Everyone harmoniously assigned tasks and worked together to search for any possible information in the villa's hall.
An Ning saw this scene as soon as she arrived, and her relaxed brows immediately furrowed.
What are they doing?
Is it a win-win situation through cooperation?
How can something like this be a win-win situation through cooperation?
An Ning couldn't quite understand these people's actions, so she asked, "What are you doing?"
Her voice appeared so suddenly, accompanied by suddenly louder footsteps and the echo of her voice in the empty hall. Everyone who was busy with their own things was quite startled and reacted as if they were frightened. There was only one exception, and that was Qi Huan.
Qi Huan seemed not to hear An Ning's voice at all, and continued frantically searching for something. An Ning sensed something was wrong from his actions, but by the time she realized it, it was too late.
The other party successfully found what he was looking for on the coffee table.
It was a small note with a line of clear handwriting written on it in black ink: "I think you'd better hurry up and do xx, otherwise xxx will be finished!"
The crossed-out areas weren't maliciously blacked out; they were simply how the person who wrote the line originally wrote it.
It likely means deliberately obscuring key information.
As everyone looked at the note clutched in Qi Huan's hand, a thought almost simultaneously surfaced in their minds.
But no one dared to speak out. Even Qi Huan, the person who found the information, had something to say but dared not say it.
If only Anning had come back a little later, or if only this message had been found a little earlier.
This is what everyone is thinking right now.
They all thought of the same possibility.
Anyone who has been in the entertainment industry knows An Ning's glorious deeds. She became known not because of her outstanding talent, but because of her terrible acting skills. Although the process was different, the result was the same.
An Ning guessed who the note was addressed to the moment she saw it.
Who else could it be but herself?
If she wasn't mistaken, the full version of the sentence should be: "I think you'd better retire from the industry right away; if you stay any longer, the film and television industry will be doomed."
This refers to An Ning's acting skills.
Someone else might not have spoken at this moment, but An Ning wasn't that kind of person. She insisted on being unconventional. Looking at the note in Qi Huan's hand, An Ning's smile was very sincere. "I think this is information related to me. I've seen many comments like this, but this level can no longer affect me."
If Chu Lan, who was waiting outside the villa, had heard her say that, he would have been furious.
Then he roared at her: What do you mean by "it has no impact anymore"? Does that mean you're immune to all the criticism?
Seeing that An Ning showed no sign of objection, everyone was somewhat surprised. After exchanging glances for a while, someone finally dared to speak up, "So what does this message mean?"
"Could this note, left in the serial killer's villa, be the serial killer's own?"
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