Chapter 17 Meeting is fate, how can I take your money?
The sun gradually warmed up, and the asphalt road was lined with lush branches and leaves. I walked through the shadows and around the landmark steel monster. Li Xiaogou's old residence was tucked away in the alley behind.
Although the houses in this area are old, they have a good location, convenient transportation, and cheap rent, making them the most suitable for college students who have just entered the society. Therefore, the rental market in this area has always been tight.
——This is what Li Xiaogou remembers.
The shadows of the trees were swaying, and the cool breeze passed through the empty building, bringing a chill. Li Xiaogou looked up at the empty building in front of him, and his computer was offline for a moment.
When he left, there were at least a few hundred households here. How could they have been emptied out in such a short time?
Half of the wall of the department had been knocked down, leaving it sticking out protrudingly. At first glance, it looked like a sculpture praying to the sky for help.
Li Xiaogou was amused by his own imagination.
"Who's there?" A loud roar came from behind.
The man was in his thirties, wearing a security uniform, and his face was red as if he had just drunk alcohol.
Drinking on the job?
Li Xiaogou raised his eyebrows.
The other party had already walked up to him: "This is a construction site, you can't just come in. Don't you see the cordon outside?"
"No."
Li Xiaogou's righteous look choked the man, and his eyes became more hostile: "You, come with me to register."
Following the man, Li Xiaogou tried to strike up a conversation several times, but the man cleverly avoided the topic. After more than ten minutes of walking, the only thing he gained was learning that the man's surname was Wang.
The man led him to the duty room: "Name, phone number, time to go in."
Li Xiaogou filled in the fake information without changing his expression, and said with a gentle smile, "The last time I filled this out was when I was working at an office building in the financial district. Why are construction site management so strict now?"
The man still didn't say anything.
Li Xiaogou's eyes dimmed slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "Does the contractor of this residential complex believe in Buddhism?"
The man finally looked up at him: "How did you know?"
Li Xiaogou smiled. "There's a lotus pond at the entrance, and two statues of Guan Yu are placed on either side of the gate. The entire wall of the sales hall is elevated, and the raised parts are all engraved with the Diamond Sutra, right?"
The man sneered: "You are quite knowledgeable."
Li Xiaogou's tone suddenly changed. "I can't say I understand, but I know a thing or two. Meeting is fate. I must give you a piece of advice. What I just said is nothing if placed individually, but when put together, it will definitely cause bad luck, and it's not just ordinary bad luck."
"It's not advisable to stay here for long. You'd better leave as soon as you have the chance."
The man's hand holding the bottle shook, and the bottle's mouth knocked over the glass, shattering it into pieces on the ground.
"Does this little brother really understand? Do you have any way to ward off evil spirits?"
"To be honest, I was just passing by here and sensed something was wrong, so I went over there. Otherwise, why would I go to those ruins?"
Li Xiaogou came over as soon as he got off the plane, wearing a set of branded clothes bought with his Yunlou card.
He is tall, has long legs and fair skin, and exudes an air of nobility.
The man immediately believed it 80%.
"Have a seat." The man offered his chair to Li Xiaogou and pulled over a bench to sit down. "Something really happened here a few days ago. A robbery and murder. Three college students who shared the apartment died."
Li Xiaogou's face was slightly solemn, his thin eyelids drooped slightly, and his long fingers with distinct knuckles kept changing gestures, looking like he was making hand gestures.
The man didn't dare to make a sound to disturb her and held his breath.
"I got it." A gleam flashed in Li Xiaogou's eyes. "Did it happen on this date?"
He dipped his index finger in water and wrote a few numbers on the wooden table.
The man's pupils dilated slightly and he nodded vigorously: "Yes, yes."
Li Xiaogou looked troubled. "Why are you still hiding this? With the resentment of those three, I'm afraid something will happen here again on the seventh day, right?"
The robbery and murder case was reported in the newspapers, and anyone who is interested can find out about it. This other incident was an accident, and it was settled with compensation a long time ago. The company will never allow it to be spread outside.
At this point, the remaining 20% of doubts were completely eliminated.
He poured out the words that had been in his heart for a long time without anyone saying them, like pouring beans. He drank two bottles of water in the process because his mouth was dry.
Finally, he frowned and said hesitantly, "Master, do you think there is any hope for me?"
Directly become a master.
The whole story is very simple. When Li Xiaogou couldn't pry open his mouth, the melon-eating system had already spoiled the story, which led to the subsequent conversation.
The very next day after he moved out, three poor unlucky guys moved into his room which had a big hole in it. They were the ones who were responsible for the robbery and murder.
The public security in Daxia is very good. Such a serious case has not occurred for a long time. The city attaches great importance to it, but even under the scrutiny of the law, no clues were found. The murderer seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth.
The developer listened to someone and thought that there was something wrong with the feng shui of the land, so he decided to demolish and rebuild it.
However, not long after the construction started, during the demolition blasting, the foundation suddenly collapsed, and three construction workers were trapped underneath. When they were rescued, they were already dead.
The project was temporarily shelved.
Fearing that someone might accidentally break in and cause trouble, the developer paid a large sum of money to hire security guards to guard the entrance of the community.
"It's better to quit your job." Li Xiaogou's eyes curved slightly, and the feeling of being difficult to approach disappeared immediately.
The man looked hesitant: "This salary is high. I can work for two years and then go home to retire."
Li Xiaogou was silent for a moment. "Then I'll draw a Taoist talisman for you. Stick it on the door at twelve o'clock at night, then face east and silently chant 'Buddha, have mercy' for an hour. In three days, you'll be fine."
The man held Li Xiaogou's talisman in his hand, his brows relaxed.
He is a staunch materialist, but that doesn't stop him from being afraid of ghosts! Now he can finally get a good night's sleep.
"Um...how much is this talisman?"
Li Xiaogou patted the man's shoulder and said, "We met each other because it was fate. How can I take your money?"
The man's eyes filled with tears.
"Remember, twelve o'clock, face east."
The man nodded repeatedly and reluctantly saw Li Xiaogou off.
Twelve o'clock at night.
Li Xiaogou walked leisurely into the dilapidated building from the west gate.
The half-demolished corridor was tilted, and dust fell where one stepped.
He eased his force and followed his memory to find his old house.
If he had not discovered the secret of the blue poison first, he might have just felt regret and sympathy when he heard that the new owner of his old house had met with an accident, but now he knew that this was definitely not a coincidence.
This is also the reason why he wants to persuade the security guard to resign.
There were some things hidden in the darkness, whose true appearance could not be seen, and they were trying to snipe him.
Lu Chenzhou's case made Li Xiaogou famous and exposed him to the spotlight.
Those who thought he had been poisoned, realizing that he had escaped, immediately found his residence and tried to kill him a second time.
Unexpectedly, he had already moved away.
Judging from the time, he should have been living in the Special Investigation Bureau at that time, which might be the reason why those people couldn't do anything.
The dust in the air was visible under the illumination of the flashlight. Li Xiaogou looked carefully at every corner of the room, not leaving a single inch.
After those people found out that the person living here was not him, they still killed him. The most likely possibility is that, besides him, there was something else in this room that those people wanted.
Suddenly, a gust of night wind blew.
As night fell, the temperature dropped sharply and the cool breeze stirred up a layer of fine goose bumps.
Li Xiaogou looked in the direction of the hole unconsciously, and his eyes suddenly focused. There!
The area that was originally covered with newspapers was torn apart, swaying with the broken night wind, making a sharp sound, and in the exposed bricks and tiles of the wall, something reflected a flash of silver light in the moonlight.
Li Xiaogou tiptoed over.
It's a USB!
The USB drive was only the size of a knuckle and was sandwiched between two dilapidated bricks. If the stairs were not loose, it would be difficult to find.
Li Xiaogou was overjoyed and immediately moved the bricks away to take out the USB.
Just at this moment, something unexpected happened.
He moved the bricks below, and the bricks above also fell down. They did not fall into the house, but fell directly from the upstairs to the road.
In the silent night, there was a loud noise.
The man who was praying devoutly in the duty room heard the noise and walked out with trembling legs, holding a flashlight as if he was holding an imperial sword.
“Who, who’s there!”
Li Xiaogou reacted very quickly. In the man's view, he had already turned off the flashlight, but the place was so small that if the man came up to check, he would definitely discover his presence.
Seeing the man getting closer and closer, Li Xiaogou frowned and thought about the feasibility of jumping off the building to escape.
The man's boots squeaked on the broken rubble.
What a dedicated security guard!
Just as he was about to go up the stairs, something hit him from behind.
The palm holding the flashlight was already wet with sweat.
The upper and lower crowns of his teeth were fighting, and he suddenly swept the flashlight behind him -
A white shadow floated past him from behind.
"Ahhhh——Whoever wants to do it can do it, I don't want to do it anymore——"
…
"Come out."
After a burst of rustling, three people emerged from the bushes beside the road.
Jiang Mu plucked the leaves off Wang Bo's head and greeted Li Xiaogou with a smile, "Good evening."
Ten minutes later, several people sat in a KFC on the roadside.
Li Xiaogou glanced at them, and the three of them lowered their heads guiltily.
"Why are you following me?"
"It was my suggestion, and they both listened to me—"
"Have you watched too many Young and Dangerous movies?" Li Xiaogou was speechless.
Wang Bo tilted his head: "What is Young and Dangerous?"
Jiang Mu came over with four sundaes and sat down next to Li Xiaogou, squeezing him into the corner.
"They saw that you looked unhappy and were worried about you."
"What about you?"
"Me? I'm keeping an eye on you for Captain Yun." Jiang Mu showed no guilt. "I didn't tell them what you asked me to investigate. You decide for yourself."
Facing the two pairs of eager eyes, Li Xiaogou told them his discoveries and guesses.
Wang Bo went from being shocked to being angry, and finally his whole body turned red.
Mo Shang pulled his sleeve: "Don't get excited."
Wang Bo's eyes sparkled with excitement: "How could I not be excited?"
"How old was I then? Those people were already targeting me. What does this mean?"
Mo Shang: "...Are you dangerous?"
Wang Bo: "That shows I'm a genius! They must have seen how important I am to the Special Investigation Bureau, so they decided to strike early and strangle me in the cradle."
Mo Shang: "...a genius who still sleeps in a cradle as a teenager."
Wang Bo held his forehead with his hand, pretending to be deep: "You don't understand the rhetoric of genius."
"Then have you ever thought that it is impossible for them to pass on such genius genes?" Li Xiaogou smiled, and Wang Bo was stunned.
Li Xiaogou moved closer and continued, "So, after you take the medicine, it might not just be your hair that falls out."
Looking down, Wang Bo's eyes widened: "No, impossible!"
Li Xiaogou: "Have you ever been in a relationship? Is there a girl you like?"
"No……"
Li Xiaogou spread his hands and said, "I was right. The gene of genius cannot be passed on."
Wang Bo whimpered and wilted, like a puppy in a rainstorm, licking his wounds alone with his ears drooping.
Jiang Mu had a hard time suppressing his laughter and forced the topic back to the topic: "Are you looking for clues? Did you find anything?"
Li Xiaogou nodded and took out a USB from his pocket: "There may be clues to the organization hidden in it."
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