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The child's mother started to comfort him, and just then the elevator for their floor arrived. Nan Yehe then left the elevator, allowing her ears to finally find some relief.
"Ouch!" Xu Jiu was still covering her face. "Are all kids these days so fierce?"
Nan Yehe glanced at her quietly, unable to find the words to reply.
Never mind, she should just walk properly.
Nan Yehe walked straight ahead, and as he passed the entrance to the emergency exit, he suddenly bumped into someone walking from the opposite direction. Something wrapped in clothes fell out of that person's arms.
She was about to help pick it up when the person, quick as a flash, beat her to it and hurriedly left through the emergency exit without a word.
? ? ?
Something's up?
Nan Yehe keenly sensed something was wrong, but she couldn't rashly pursue him, so she continued walking forward, still puzzled.
What could be something that someone is so afraid of finding? Important valuables and... a murder weapon.
They even left through the emergency exit, which seemed extremely strange no matter how you looked at it.
Nan Yehe was quite interested in studying that person from earlier, but since she wasn't a real detective, she could only think about it on her own.
However, Xu Jiu had been observing from the sidelines, seemingly noticing something that Nan Yehe hadn't.
“That guy was so strange. One of his shoes had a worn-out sole, while the other was brand new.” Xu Jiu frowned. “Even if there’s a difference, it shouldn’t be this big.”
Hmm? Nan Yehe looked at her.
Indeed, it's possible for people to have different soles on their shoes due to work reasons, but it's absolutely impossible for one shoe to be worn out and the other to be brand new under normal circumstances.
"Miss Nan, you've come to visit the victim, Xu Jiu, haven't you?" A voice interrupted her thoughts.
Nan Yehe looked up and saw a tall man dressed in ordinary casual clothes, with no particularly outstanding demeanor.
Judging from his tone, he sounds like an undercover police officer.
Sure enough, just as she finished her assessment, the other person showed her police ID, saying, "My surname is Xu."
"Yes, Officer Xu," Nan Yehe said cooperatively, "May I go in now?"
Officer Xu nodded and said, "But please do it as soon as possible. We are investigating a lead that may be related to you, and we need your cooperation in the investigation."
Um?
Nan Yehe paused in her turn, but still calmly replied to Officer Xu, "Okay."
What clue could be related to her?
Xu Jiu had already quickly floated into his ward. Nan Yehe walked in while thinking about all sorts of random things.
December... December 20th, she had wanted to say it for a long time, that day felt very familiar.
She had been to the construction site a few days ago, and this day might have been included there, and it was probably the last day, otherwise she would have heard about Xu Jiu's case at the construction site long ago.
But what connection could I possibly have with the case?
Nan Yehe tried his best to recall, but apart from the things he was investigating, he really couldn't notice anything wrong.
"Nan, I find it a little funny to be lying here like this." Xu Jiu rested his chin on his hand, leaned over the hospital bed, and looked at his own face very seriously.
Nan Yehe was still thinking and did not respond.
"Nan, Nan?" Xu Jiu called twice more, but Nan Yehe still didn't answer.
Xu Jiu floated to her side, somewhat annoyed, and shouted—
"Nan, my classmate!!!"
Nan Yehe shuddered and stared at her expressionlessly.
"Why are you ignoring me?" Xu Jiu still had that sullen face.
Nan Yehe gave her a forced smile, "You should change how you address me, 'male' classmate. I didn't realize it for a while."
Xu Jiu suddenly realized, and rested his chin on his hand, pretending to be deep in thought.
Nan Yehe ignored her and walked towards the hospital bed.
The ward was large and fully equipped, but unfortunately no one was using it.
She placed the milk on the bedside table, where a transparent vase contained fresh champagne roses, which seemed to have been specially arranged.
Nan Yehe looked at Xu Jiu's face.
It was lifeless, as if it had no life at all, and there were strangulation marks on its neck, which were not mentioned in the previous report.
Strangulation marks, suffocation?
Nan Yehe frowned. It seemed that Xu Jiu was really lucky to have survived.
"What about Xiao He? What do you think of calling her Xiao He?" Xu Jiubenjiu suddenly floated behind her, as if a small light bulb had appeared next to her head.
Nan Yehe watched as the tense atmosphere suddenly dissipated, and she curled the corners of her mouth, "Not familiar."
Even if we weren't close, her family wouldn't call her that, because it's too weird.
“That’s called Ahe.” Xu Jiu’s eyes crinkled.
What about Digimon?
Nan Yehe remained calm, deciding to accept the strange nicknames Xu Jiu might give her to avoid him giving her any more.
"OK."
Xu Jiu let out a cry, floated to the bedside, and picked up the box of milk.
"Then let's go."
Nan Yehe ignored the box of milk for a moment and looked at her suspiciously, "You made a fuss all morning just to watch this little bit?"
The air was silent for two seconds.
Xu Jiu looked at himself on the hospital bed, his expression becoming much calmer.
"She looks sickly, and there's nothing to see." She smiled.
Um……
Nan Yehe looked at her, remained silent for a while, and then suddenly said, "By the way, there might be surveillance cameras in this room."
Xu Jiu, who hadn't finished expressing his feelings yet: ...
“I already interfered, I’m a female ghost.” Xu Jiu proudly raised her head.
Nan Yehe glanced at her, "You still have to put the milk back for me."
She can't bear the shame.
Xu Jiu shook his head, indicating his refusal.
It's for her anyway, so what's wrong with her taking it?
Nan Yehe took a deep breath. "I'll go downstairs and buy it for you."
He shook his head again, as if deliberately going against her.
Just before Nan Yehe was about to demonstrate what it meant to tear apart Japanese soldiers with bare hands, Xu Jiu pulled a jacket from his lower back and covered the milk with it.
"Don't worry, don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
"Do you have any sense of propriety?" Nan Yehe glanced at the person on the hospital bed, then at Xu Jiu's soul.
It was as if the person lying there wasn't her.
Oh well, this guy has a peculiar way of thinking; it's not like I just found out about it today.
Nan Yehe coldly forgave her and turned to walk away.
When Officer Xu saw her come out, he immediately went to greet her.
Nan Yehe was just about to ask him about the case when she spoke first, "Sorry to keep you waiting, Officer Xu. What exactly is the clue you mentioned earlier?"
As Officer Xu opened his phone, he said, "Actually, I wanted to contact you a few days ago. This clue was discovered on the first day of the crime scene investigation, and I thought I'd talk to you about it today."
He showed his phone to Nan Yehe, "This is it."
Nan Yehe was stunned when she saw the so-called clue.
Xu Jiu leaned over to look and was also stunned.
The picture shows a dirty little yellow duck.
A little yellow duck? ??
“We had the same expression as you when we found it.” Officer Xu smiled slightly, but then quickly regained his seriousness, realizing that they were investigating a case. “According to the person who reported the case, this duck was the victim’s life-saving duck.”
Xu Jiu laughed out loud.
It's poisonous!!!
Nan Yehe was much calmer than her. Enduring the laughter around her, she said to the police officer, "This is my alarm. It was probably lost at the construction site. I went there the other day."
She carefully recalled what happened on the 20th, but nothing major probably happened; her memory was only vague.
"The person who reported the case heard the sound of the duck when they were walking towards the workers' living area in the early hours of the 21st. When they went to check, they found the victim and then reported the case."
It really was a lifesaver duck, which explains why Xu Jiu was discovered so quickly.
Nan Yehe said, "This was given to me by my family. It was originally for self-defense, but now it seems... it's making the best use of it."
Officer Xu nodded and said, "This is important physical evidence. We investigated you through the network that the duck was originally connected to, but the surveillance footage from the same time that night showed that you were at work, so your suspicion has been cleared."
As expected, he was working overtime, Nan Yehe thought calmly.
"That's all. I mainly wanted to ask you if anything unusual happened on the day you lost the alarm? For example, was there anything strange near the workers' living area?"
Nan Yehe shook her head. "Everything is normal."
Officer Xu probably didn't expect to get any important clues out of him, so he smiled and said, "Well, sorry to bother you, thank you for your cooperation."
"Okay," Nan Yehe nodded. "Then I'll be going now."
She glanced at Xu Jiu, who was almost exhausted from laughing, but remained expressionless.
What's wrong with the little yellow duck alarm?!
Is it really that funny?!
Didn't we save her life?!
Nan Yehe roared inwardly for ten seconds, then calmed down completely.
She pressed the elevator button and waited quietly.
Xu Jiu stopped laughing; she was truly exhausted.
“So you’re my second savior,” Xu Jiu said, rubbing his eyes. “No wonder I had no choice but to follow you.”
Nan Yehe chuckled, "You haven't thanked your benefactor number one yet, and besides, what benefactor would want to be haunted by a ghost?"
That makes sense. Xu Jiu followed Nan Yehe into the elevator. Just as the elevator doors were about to close, two people suddenly entered. They were two men, one tall and one short. The taller one was wearing a baseball cap, so his face was not visible.
Nan Yehe didn't pay attention to them, but Xu Jiu suddenly focused his attention and looked in that direction.
“That shorter man looks a bit like the man you bumped into earlier, hmm…they have similar vibes.” Xu Jiu started spouting nonsense.
Nan Yehe forced herself to look over and was shocked to find that the tall man seemed even more suspicious.
He has a knife!
"Little..." Nan Yehe was about to speak when the tall man stabbed the short man in front of him with his knife. There was no time to stop him; the knife had already pierced the body of the man in front.
Nan Yehe looked up and subconsciously pressed herself against the elevator wall. She noticed that the tall man's eyes were red and he was panting. He looked somewhat familiar.
She thinks she might need an alarm system now.
Nan Yehe still had the energy to make a clever joke, but she was already thinking about her escape route.
The elevator doors are about to open, but she may not be saved immediately.
Although I'm in pretty good physical condition, I haven't practiced any self-defense techniques. There's a cell phone in my bag... do you expect it to explode when I throw it? It's not some brand's top-of-the-line bomb.
Nan Yehe's mind raced, and as the tall man drew his knife, his steps hesitant, a blurry shadow suddenly flashed past—Xu Jiu appeared in front of the man.
Nan Yehe witnessed the tall man's expression twist from anger to fear.
As soon as the elevator doors opened, he was the first one to run out.
Then came screams from the crowd.
Nan Yehe grabbed the elevator handrail and looked at the short man lying on the ground. A camera that had been smashed in two was visible next to him, and the blood around his body was still spreading, as if it would never stop flowing.
She looked up at Xu Jiu, who had his back to her.
The other person slowly turned their head, their smile still bright.
"See? What I learned is still useful."
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