Chapter 30 Is he so handsome?
After Jing Hongwen dealt with the scene of Wen Kang's death, he locked everyone present in a room on the other side, and then walked to the front of the stage surrounded by bodyguards.
Li Xiaogou wasn't a staff member, and since he had to go on stage later, he couldn't be locked up. But he couldn't be too far away either, so he followed Jing Hongwen closely, keeping an eye on everything around him.
Although Li Xiaogou agreed immediately when Jing Hongwen asked him not to call the police, he is not the kind of person who keeps his promises to everyone.
When no one was paying attention, he immediately took out his cell phone and called the police.
The host invited someone to the stage, and there was a commotion among the guests. Fans who bought work badges to sneak in were running back and forth in the crowd on tiptoe, holding their phones.
Li Xiaogou, who was concentrating on calling the police, only felt a strong push on his shoulder. The mobile phone jumped out of his hand, drew a perfect arc, and hit the marble floor.
This little movement naturally wouldn't attract anyone's attention.
With a resigned sigh and hoping the screen wouldn't break, he bent down to pick up the phone.
However, another hand appeared in sight and picked up his phone before he could.
"Thank you." Li Xiaogou took the phone handed to him by the other party.
The man pursed his lips and smiled, but said nothing.
Li Xiaogou took two steps forward as they passed each other. The scene just now kept flashing back in his mind. Suddenly, he stopped and turned around to look—
The man was not tall, but he walked very fast. In the blink of an eye, he reached the door.
Li Xiaogou's pupils suddenly shrank.
He was not mistaken. There was a triangular Ouroboros tattoo on the back of the man's neck.
The first time I saw this tattoo was the night I met Yunlou. One of the three people he called into Huang Binhai's room had the same tattoo on his body.
It was only later that he found out that the man was a member of the organization, and that the Ouroboros tattoo was the organization's totem.
As if he had noticed Li Xiaogou's burning gaze, the young man slowly turned around.
The two looked at each other across the surging crowd. Suddenly, the boy smiled, pointed his thumb with his index and middle fingers, and said "bye" to him from a distance.
Li Xiaogou didn't wait for him to finish his move and ran after him, but a strong arm suddenly blocked his way.
"What does this mean?" Li Xiaogou looked at the man in front of him who was half a head taller than him.
"The auction has begun. Please return to your seats."
Li Xiaogou looked at Jing Hongwen, who had already taken his seat. The latter smiled from afar. It seemed that not only did he want to keep Jing Hongwen under his nose, but Jing Hongwen was also sending people to keep an eye on him.
As a result of this delay, the young man had already run away.
Unable to catch up, Li Xiaogou returned to his original position with a gloomy face.
After drinking a whole glass of water in one breath, Li Xiaogou synchronized everything that happened backstage to Jiang Mu and others.
Wang Bo: "Are you sure you saw it right? Are they really members of the organization?"
Li Xiaogou: "I'm sure."
There was also a hint of worry in Jiang Mu and Mo Shang's eyes. They both understood what this meant.
——It’s not just the Puppeteer they have to face, there are other people in the organization.
Mo Shang was the most loyal to data, but he still had doubts: "According to the bureau's information, the puppeteer's previous cases were all completed independently. She has never cooperated with anyone else in the organization."
Wang Bo: "The puppeteer is also a captain. Perhaps she is just like Captain Yun. This time she is mainly playing a supervisory role and wants to train and cultivate the people under her."
Mo Shang: "...Is this how metaphors are used?"
Jiang Mu: "It's not completely impossible. There are always exceptions."
"There are always exceptions" and "Don't be afraid of ten thousand, be prepared for one" are the two sentences that Mo Shang hates the most, because he cannot refute them from the perspective of probability.
Seeing that everyone was somewhat frustrated, Li Xiaogou said, "No matter how many people come, our only target is the puppeteer. Besides, I already know what she's going to do next."
Several people already knew about Jing Hongwen's scumbag behavior. Li Xiaogou didn't repeat himself. He said concisely: "Every time Jing Hongwen attacked girls in the office, it was Wen Kang who helped him protect them. And the girls he harmed were all met through May's channels."
"Wen Kang is dead, the next target is May."
Wang Bo was puzzled: "They say to catch a thief first, catch the leader. Why would the puppet master do this?"
"She'll kill Wen Kang first, then May. Even if Jing Hongwen is a fool, he'll be able to see that this is targeting him, right? Wouldn't it be twice as difficult to kill Jing Hongwen then?"
"Maybe... the puppeteer is very confident? After all, ordinary people don't know the existence of superpowers, so there's no way to guard against them." Jiang Mu analyzed.
Li Xiaogou shook his head: "It's not that simple."
His eyes darkened slightly. "Jiang Cheng's body was finally found outside a wedding shop, still wrapped in white gauze. This wasn't a random location. I have a feeling that the puppeteer has her own internal logic when she kills people."
After they finished speaking, they all turned their eyes to Mo Shang.
Mo Shang looked up in surprise and pushed up his glasses: "Insufficient data, no inference can be made."
Wang Bo nudged him with his elbow. "Don't look at your crappy data. Just go with your intuition! Handling a case is like playing mahjong. A novice's intuition is the most accurate."
What the hell...
Mo Shang's eyes lingered on the few people for a moment, and he said slowly: "Then I will stand with Xiao Gou."
"Ah!" Wang Bo held his head in his hands. "Why? You're not objective!"
Mo Shang rolled his eyes: "What's the point of being objective when it comes to intuition?"
"I just think that, putting aside his identity as a psychic, isn't the Puppeteer just a serial killer? Many serial killers throughout history have their own 'killing rituals', so it's normal for a Puppeteer to have some quirks."
Wang Bo was convinced.
"Okay, we know she likes to kill people by taking off her pants and farting. So, what can we do?"
Li Xiaogou: "If there really is a killing order, and May is the second to die, then the previous speculation will be overturned. The best opportunity for the puppeteer to act is not backstage, but right here, on the stage."
Except for going to the bathroom, May never left the stage, so the puppeteer could only work here, but why on the stage?
Just as they were about to ask, Li Xiaogou's eyes suddenly lit up. He tightly grasped Mo Shang's arm and said anxiously, "Can you check the program schedule? Let's see when May will be on stage."
Without saying a word, Mo Shang hacked into the organizer's system and asked without stopping, "Why do you think the puppeteer will kill May when she goes on stage?"
Li Xiaogou became more and more determined: "What could be more in line with the puppeteer's aesthetic than directing a murder scene in front of so many people?"
"Madman, a complete madman!" Wang Bo said.
"Found it!" Mo Shang turned the computer screen to Li Xiaogou. "These two times were award ceremonies, and the time was too short. If I were a puppeteer, I wouldn't choose them. The last time to go on stage is the most appropriate time."
"This time we're auctioning May's paintings. She'll be on stage for a long time, and she's the absolute protagonist."
Mo Shang stared at Li Xiaogou with his eyes piercing: "That's it."
Jiang Mu also had an excited smile on his face: "Not only that, look at May's partner in this segment."
"It's Jing Hongwen." Wang Bo said excitedly, "Then we can hide secretly in the four corners of the stage and we will definitely catch the puppeteer red-handed."
Jing Hongwen's gaze drifted over from time to time. Li Xiaogou could sense it without even looking up. He lowered his eyes and said to the others, "Jing Hongwen is watching me, so I can't run too far. I'll watch the side closest to the stage. You guys find a chance to hide first."
Several people nodded and started to act immediately.
The auction on the stage went through round after round, and the items that the stars took out were mostly costumes they wore when filming a certain drama, or some handicrafts.
To put it nicely, it is of great significance; to put it bluntly, it is stingy.
But the list of donors will be made public at the end of the evening, so the atmosphere during the auction is quite lively.
Li Xiaogou was stared at by Jing Hongwen, and he sat obediently in his place. He held his chin and watched the excitement on the stage, and watched the other people out of the corner of his eye. He did not look away until they blended into the crowd.
Finally, the auction reached its climax, and May went on stage holding Jing Hongwen's arm.
Before Jing Hongwen went on stage, he specifically gave some instructions to the bodyguard beside him, but when he subconsciously looked at the place where Li Xiaogou had been sitting, he was stunned because Li Xiaogou had disappeared without a trace.
In fact, Li Xiaogou seized the few minutes before Jing Hongwen went on stage. Knowing that he would have people watching him, Li Xiaogou did the opposite. While the bodyguards' attention was on Jing Hongwen, he quickly took off his white suit jacket and black shirt and quickly slipped into the darkness.
The young host is not able to adapt and has been stuck for a long time.
It was impossible for Jing Hongwen to abandon everyone and go look for Li Xiaogou, so he could only order his bodyguards to find him. Then he kept smiling and went on stage.
At this time, Li Xiaogou was only two or three meters away from Jing Hongwen. He stood under the stage, looking at the two of them, but not just looking at the two of them. His peripheral vision was alert to any unusual movements in every direction.
"The next lot is an oil painting I painted when I was in the mountains, as shown in the documentary. The reverse of the painting has the signatures of all the children in that primary school, and it has extraordinary meaning to me."
May said with a faint smile, and with the support of Jing Hongwen, she walked towards the oil painting covered with white cloth.
The carefully maintained and beautifully manicured hands rested on the cloth, about to tear it off.
However, at this moment, a familiar figure appeared in Li Xiaogou's peripheral vision!
The boy is gone and back!
The young man was still standing at the door, not looking in the direction of Li Xiaogou, but staring intently at the stage.
Li Xiaogou subconsciously ran two steps in his direction, but stopped after only two steps.
Something is wrong.
It didn't appear earlier or later, but just appeared at this time.
It didn't seem like he was helping the puppeteer complete his murder mission, but rather that he was deliberately trying to draw his attention away.
But why should we attract our own attention?
Thinking of something, Li Xiaogou almost immediately turned around and ran towards the stage.
He pushed aside the crowd that was blocking his view with all his might, not caring whether or not his figure would be exposed. He was sure that at this moment he completely understood the puppeteer's true thoughts.
——She wanted to give him a taste of his own medicine.
Since Jing Hongwen maintained a gentle and beastly mask in front of others, she would tear off this mask with her own hands when so many media were present!
Li Xiaogou suddenly jumped onto the stage.
His actions had already caused a commotion, with exclamations from the audience, and even stole the attention from May and Jing Hongwen.
No one knew what Li Xiaogou was going to do, but they all recalled a sentence in their minds: "Where Li Xiaogou appears, big things usually happen."
No way? To witness something big happen with your own eyes?
Half of it is nervousness and worry, and the other half is the excitement of eating melon.
The scene suddenly became weird and funny. The beauties in gorgeous clothes scattered to avoid possible danger, while they couldn't help but look back at Li Xiaogou's every move.
They soon discovered that Li Xiaogou was running towards May.
At the same time, three handsome men in stylish clothes rushed out from the other three corners of the stage.
"These are the ones who walked the red carpet with Li Xiaogou!" Someone in the crowd quickly recognized them.
But they soon had no time to care about it, because they followed Li Xiaogou's gaze and finally noticed what was happening on the stage.
The young host fell on the stage and the microphone was thrown away. He raised his head, supported his body with his hands, and moved backwards quickly with a look of horror on his face.
In front of him, the gentle and refined boss Jing had a silver-gleaming steel wire in his hand.
He grabbed both ends of the wire with both hands, wrapped it around May's neck twice, and then pulled it back fiercely.
He was much taller than May, and when he turned his back to her, May's feet immediately left the ground.
May desperately used her hands to pull out the steel wire that was embedded in her flesh. Her tongue was stretched out by the wire and her eyeballs seemed to be about to fall out of their sockets.
Jing Hongwen's expression was even more terrifying. Every nerve on his face was twitching, and he looked extremely hideous, as if he was crying and laughing.
The big screen magnified the expressions of the two people immensely.
Everyone present was so frightened that they forgot that they saw such a horrifying scene because they followed Li Xiaogou.
May's hands finally lost their strength and slowly dropped from her shoulders, and her head tilted to one side.
Some people covered their mouths and screamed, and there were sobs in the crowd.
Just when everyone thought May was dead, a hand reached out.
The fingertips are long and slender, the nails are trimmed very neatly, and the bones and flesh are very beautiful.
Li Xiaogou inserted his index finger into the gap between the wires, and with his other hand, he grasped Jing Hongwen's wrist and gritted his teeth to pry it apart.
Click.
Something snapped gently.
Jing Hongwen's arm, which was holding the wire, broke.
His body also turned sideways.
Li Xiaogou raised his leg and kicked him hard in the lower abdomen, and Jing Hongwen's body immediately flew three or four meters horizontally.
May collapsed on the ground. Li Xiaogou shook his bleeding hand that was cut by the wire, and stared in a certain direction with a dark look on his face.
Everyone followed his gaze and saw only a fleeting shadow.
"Chase." Li Xiaogou said in a deep voice.
Three people rushed out, and Mo Shang stayed inside to evacuate the crowd, watching Jing Hongwen waiting for the police to take over.
The big screen recorded the scene just now, and at this moment, someone sighed.
——Li Xiaogou, is he so handsome?
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