Chapter 16 Chapter 16 The Seventh Drawing
On the Panda TV forum, Lin Cheng’s post about “earning 5,000 yuan in three days” was pushed up again.
【Hello, is the host here? 】
【It seems that he is not here. 】
[Rumor has it that the police have sealed off the forest outside Hongmen. ]
[What, what, can you tell me specifically where it is? ]
[Can I still make it to the event if I fly there now? ]
[Do you want to be invited to have tea by Uncle JC? ]
[Really? I heard from people in a nearby factory that JC even visited the area.]
[I got goosebumps. ]
[Brother Renmai, can you see the body? It's really a woman, and her eyes were dug out? ]
[You all think too highly of me. If I could see the body, I wouldn't be talking nonsense here right now. I would be drinking tea at the police station.]
[So where is the OP? Summon the OP, your sponsor's brother is being visited by the police? ]
[Did the host run away? ]
[It’s okay, comrades, let’s go live together tonight. ]
【Squat, squat, squat.】
People in the forum spent a whole night watching, and found out that this anchor named Huahua Migrant Worker had canceled his live broadcast again!
[How many times, how many times, why is this anchor always not online at the critical moment. 】
[Is there any justice in the world? I am like a donkey hanging by a carrot! ]
[Is there anyone who wants to go to the grove together at night? Let's form a team, brothers and sisters! ]
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Jian Feizhou quietly looked at the replies on the forum without saying anything.
He had been in City A for a year and was very familiar with the map of City A. He immediately knew which small woods near Hongmen mentioned in the forum was.
There were quite a few small woods in that area, although it was a bit far away from him, but he had a motorcycle.
Jian Feizhou made a decision quickly and decided to go and take a look.
He first asked his supervisor for leave, but his supervisor was very unhappy.
These technicians usually have good business at night, and now that Jian Feizhou wants to take a leave, it will ruin their business.
Supervisor: "Why do you want to take leave? Can't you go during the day? You will lose all your money at night!"
Captain Jian Feizhou is handsome and has always been popular with female customers. When customers see that he is not there at night, they will definitely ask about him. It is really troublesome.
Jian Feizhou apologized carefully, saying that he really had something to do and it was just this time, and he would definitely take less leave in the future.
A handsome guy was trying to be humble, and the supervisor waved his hand: "Just this once. If you have any problems in the future, solve them during the day. You have so much free time during the day!"
Jian Feizhou nodded.
At night he rode his motorcycle to the woods where Hongmen lived.
The place mentioned in the forum was easy to recognize. There were police cars guarding outside the woods and a cordon.
He rode past the police car on his motorcycle and heard a few complaints in the wind.
"Where on earth did these little bastards get the news from? They all came running to see it."
"It's tiring enough to just wait in ambush, and now we have to deal with these bastards!"
Jian Feizhou listened to a few words and rode away on his motorcycle.
The police had already dug up the body. Jian Feizhou felt it was a pity because he had not yet seen what the body looked like.
But he was also very fortunate that when he first came to City A, he found the police station in the area where his sister disappeared. At his strong request, the police at the police station promised to notify him and let him identify the body if there was an unclaimed body in the future.
So right now, no news is the best news.
But Jian Feizhou actually knew in his heart that his sister was probably gone, or she had been abducted, otherwise as long as his sister had access to the Internet, she would not have failed to send him messages.
He stopped his motorcycle, took out his cell phone, and looked through the host's ID, but there was no live broadcast recording.
He didn't quite believe that someone's drawings could reflect reality.
But seeing as how confident people in the forum seem, maybe I can give it a try.
Jian Mei has been missing for three years. Jian Feizhou has been looking for her since he came to City A a year ago, but after a year of searching, there is still no clue.
You can only take a gamble.
So, when will this anchor start broadcasting?
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On the evening of the 11th, Pei Qing missed the live broadcast again.
She pondered over the drawings and took out the drawings of Sun Xiuxiu and looked at them again and again.
Today she and Xu An returned to the house Xu An bought near the Public Security Bureau.
The house is a second-hand one, a small three-bedroom house, and is ten years old. Xu An bought it because it is close to the Public Security Bureau, which is only a few minutes' walk away.
Xu An was rummaging through boxes and cabinets looking for sheets and quilt covers.
While searching, he was also on the phone.
"Hey, brother... I'm looking for it. Can you see where you put it last time?... Oh, I see it..."
He put the sheets and quilt in the small bedroom. He heard something on the phone, but he shouted again, "Of course mine are clean! Brother, please be reasonable...Okay, okay, I'll take a picture for you to see."
He picked up his phone and took a picture of the small bedroom.
Pei Qing came over holding a tablet. When he saw Xu An taking the photo, he said to his phone, "Look, no one has lived in this room before... How can there be dust... Okay, okay, I know about ventilation..."
Xu An is really annoyed to death by his brother.
Pei Qing said silently: "I'll make the bed myself, you go to sleep."
Xu An: "Come on, talk to big brother. I won't abuse you."
Pei Qing was very embarrassed. He stood there for a moment and then took the phone.
"Brother."
Li Muxu: "I'll ask my aunt to clean the house tomorrow."
Pei Qing: "No, it's fine."
Li Muxu was not polite at all: "Xu An's doghouse is always a mess."
Pei Qing saw that there was nothing on the table and said sincerely, "It's really not messy."
Li Muxu: "That's because he was in the hospital these days and never went back home to live, so he didn't have time to create garbage."
Pei Qing was speechless for a moment.
Li Muxu asked again: "Don't you have anything to say to me?"
Pei Qing held his phone, scratched the wall, and then said, "I have been working hard to make money recently."
Li Muxu: "Well, your mother asked you for money?"
Pei Qing: "I asked for it, but I didn't give it to you."
She remembered something and said to Li Muxu, "You are not allowed to give it to me either."
She still remembered that Li Muxu had given He Rui eight million before, and she was so angry that she almost vomited blood.
Li Muxu: "I know. What else?"
Pei Qing glanced at the tablet and said, "I'll bring the painting back to show you when I have time."
There seemed to be a chuckle coming from the phone.
Li Muxu: "I know. Go to bed early. I'm hanging up."
Pei Qing returned the phone to Xu An. Xu An took a photo of the made bed and sent it over.
Li Muxu took a look, retracted his gaze, and turned on Panda TV to watch.
The secretary worked overtime with the boss late at night and just exploded a few posts on the forum.
What the hell, why did the boss suddenly want to watch the live broadcast? He looked left and right, up and down, but couldn't find any connection between Panda TV and their group's business, and the boss was actually willing to spend money to buy it.
He doesn't understand these rich people.
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Xu An tidied up the bedroom and Pei Qing moved in with the quilt.
She put the quilt on the bed, stood beside the bed and looked at it. Suddenly, she felt that this bird's-eye view looked a little familiar.
Pei Qing took a step back and looked at the bed again.
After reading it, she walked forward again, wrapped the quilt into a long strip, and placed it in the middle of the bed.
Pei Qing took out his cell phone and started looking around for a suitable angle.
Found it.
Pei Qing held the phone in his hand, tilting it slightly so that the entire bed was included in the frame.
This is the correct angle.
Pei Qing immediately found the tablet and opened the drawing of Sun Xiuxiu lying on the bed.
The layout of this drawing really looks like taking a photo.
strangeness.
Why did they take pictures of Sun Xiuxiu after she put on makeup and changed into a skirt?
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At six o'clock in the morning, Xu An woke Pei Qing up.
Xu An: "Let's go to the bureau."
Pei Qingmu was stunned. When had she ever gotten up so early?
Damn.
When Xu An saw her like that, he laughed.
"Can you do it? If you can't get up, forget it."
Pei Qing: "I'm going to wash my face."
She quickly washed up, then picked up her bag and drove Xu An to the police station.
Before going to the police station, Xu An also directed Pei Qing to go to a breakfast shop.
Xu An: "They must not have eaten yet, bring some food, what do you want to eat?"
Pei Qing: "I don't want to eat."
Xu An: "Then I'll buy you a cup of soy milk."
After Xu An came back with a few bags of buns, Pei Qing continued driving.
While driving, she gestured to Xu An to look at the photos she took.
Xu An: "What's this? Why are you taking pictures of the bed? What do you think of my bed?"
Pei Qing: "No, do you think this photo looks similar to the one I drew of Sun Xiuxiu lying on the bed?"
Xu An took a bite of the bun: "Hmm?"
He took a look and felt that the perspective of the photo and the drawing were indeed the same.
Xu An: "Do you think someone is taking pictures of Sun Xiuxiu?"
Pei Qing: "Yes. But why?"
Xu An took another bite of the bun and continued to look at the drawing.
Xu An: "When we were cracking down on pornography and illegal publications, we saw that some pimps and madams would store all kinds of photos on their phones. She asked what these were called, oh, talent show photos."
Xu Anlei was so overwhelmed at that time, with all kinds of poses and angles, Xu An never wanted to watch it a second time.
Pei Qing: "Ah? Aren't you closing your eyes?"
Xu An: "Who knows what these clients are thinking? Those who can come out are not normal. Maybe they have syphilis in their brains."
Pei Qing: "Do you think Sun Xiuxiu was taken away by someone? I don't think she did it voluntarily."
If they had volunteered, they wouldn't have been locked up and surrounded by barbed wire.
Xu An: "This is all speculation. We need evidence. I'll ask the anti-pornography team to see if these clients have developed any new fetishes recently. We'll also have to go find a forensic doctor."
Pei Qing sent him to the police station and saw Xu An walking in with several large bags of buns. He also greeted the security guard at the door.
An hour later, Pei Qing received a message from Xu An. The forensic doctor said that there was no sign of sexual contact on the deceased before his death. His body was intact without any damage, and there was no residual sexual contact.
Pei Qing continued to look at the drawing. What was the purpose of taking this photo?
Or maybe she made a mistake? She just drew it like this and no one took the photo?
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Xu An went to the Public Security Bureau and slept in the office.
Ji Wuren was still awake. When he saw Xu An coming, he woke up the few people who were sleeping.
Ji Wu: "Get up and eat something."
Xu An: "Didn't we catch him last night? Why doesn't he confess?"
Ji Wu: "He cried and yelled in the interrogation room, saying that we had wronged him and asked him to take out the dashcam. Do you know what he said?"
Xu An: "The dashcam is not on?"
Ji Wu: "Yes, go there later and show him the road surveillance. Let him identify his car."
Xu An: "Okay."
The surveillance footage in the early morning of the 11th clearly showed that a white Volkswagen with license plate number A60666 stopped by the woods, and then a man took something out of the trunk and walked into the woods.
Xu An showed the surveillance video to An Feng, and the more An Feng watched, the wider his eyes opened.
"Impossible, this is impossible! Which bastard framed me?"
Xu An slapped the table. He was so angry that An Feng was scared and sat back in his chair.
Xu An: "Isn't this your car? Are you old and your eyesight is blurry, and you can't even recognize your own car?"
An Feng: "Look at the license plate, it's my car, but I've never been to this grove. It must be some bastard who framed me! He killed someone and framed me!"
It's just like a repeater.
Xu An was annoyed: "You said you haven't been to the grove. Fine, then tell me where you were between the evening of the 10th and 4 a.m. on the 11th. Who was with you? Tell me!"
Anfeng shut up again, but he was very stubborn and insisted that he had never been to the grove, the car was his, and he definitely didn't do it!
Xu An walked out of the interrogation room and said to Ji Wu, "He must have had something wrong. When asked where No. 10 and No. 11 were, he shut up. Could he have gone to a whore so late at night?"
Ji Wu: "Her wife is in her hometown. I have already notified her. She said she can come over in the morning. Ask her."
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Pei Qing is chatting with Han Xiao.
When she moved in with Xu An, her own house became empty.
The rent is five thousand per month, and it's just sitting empty anyway, so it might as well be given to Han Xiao to live in.
Normally, Pei Qing wouldn't meddle in other people's business.
But when he remembered that Sun Xiuxiu disappeared near Hongmen, Pei Qing still felt that the security in the Hongmen area was too poor.
It would be terrible if something happened.
She was talking to Han Xiao, but Han Xiao refused to come and stay.
Han Xiao: "Sister, I live in Hongmen so it's convenient for me to go to work. You live too far from where I work."
You can solve this problem by taking the subway.
But Han Xiao was determined to live with the Hongmen, and Pei Qing could not persuade him at all.
All right.
Pei Qing thought that she and Han Xiao were indeed not familiar with each other, and she couldn't persuade her.
Finally, Pei Qing had no choice but to say, "Then be careful when you go out, and bring some anti-wolf spray."
Han Xiao: "Sister, I know."
After chatting with Han Xiao, Pei Qing felt bored sitting in the car, so he opened the door, got out and walked a few steps.
After walking a few steps, I saw a middle-aged woman in her forties or fifties walking towards the Public Security Bureau.
Hey? Isn't that Fang Jie who went out on duty with Xu An yesterday?
Who is the middle-aged woman behind him?
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When Tu Zhihua received a call from the Municipal Public Security Bureau, she became so angry that she wanted to rush to the police station and beat Anfeng up right away.
But Anfeng's mother, Tu Zhihua's mother-in-law, had just undergone surgery and was bedridden at home. Only after Tu Zhihua called her elder sister-in-law over did she have time to come to the Municipal Bureau.
Under the guidance of the young policeman, Tu Zhihua met Anfeng, who had sunken bags under his eyes and looked listless.
It’s no wonder Xu An suspected that he had gone to a prostitute. He didn’t look like a decent person.
Fang Jie brought Tu Zhihua to see An Feng and told him the current situation as Captain Ji requested.
In a nutshell, An Feng will be detained on suspicion of murder, and if he actively cooperates with the police investigation, his case may be considered.
Tu Zhihua did not avoid the police. When she saw Anfeng, she slapped him a few times.
"Mr. An, you have a ball of dung in your head! I am taking care of your mother at home, and you are causing trouble for me outside! If you ruin my son's job, I will break your legs! You are a useless thing. I was really blind to marry such a troublesome thing like you. If it weren't for my son, I would have kicked you out long ago, you idiot..."
She scolded people without mercy, and Anfeng could only hide away and didn't dare to fight back.
Xu An was marveling at this while sending a message to Pei Qing.
"This woman is really tough."
Ji Wu: "He looks so cowardly, he doesn't look like someone who dares to kill someone and dig out their eyes..."
Fang Jie: "What a terrible woman."
Several people just watched from the side and did not try to stop them.
After Xu An relayed the message to Pei Qing, he put away his phone.
He looked at Anfeng's face, which was swollen like a pig's head, and felt a little nauseous.
Xu An: "I ate too much this morning."
Ji Wu asked Qian Bingcheng to stop them.
"It's fine to hit him, but don't beat him until Anfeng is speechless. How can he cooperate with the investigation then?"
After Qian Bingcheng stopped the people, he separated the couple and interrogated them again.
An Feng still looked dead, not saying a word, sitting on the chair. It seemed that the only difference between him and a dead person was that he was still breathing.
Tu Zhihua was still furious. As soon as she saw the police, she started complaining about how hard it had been for her over the years. She finally had her son graduate and get a formal job, but her father, Anfeng, was such a loser that he did nothing all day long. If she hadn't been afraid that Anfeng would end up in jail and affect her son's future, she would have divorced Anfeng long ago.
Ji Wu interrupted her complaint and asked, "Where's the dashcam in your car?"
Tu Zhihua: "Is it illegal to not have a dashcam in your car now?"
Xu An smiled: "It's not illegal, but if you don't do it, if something goes wrong, aren't you afraid of being blackmailed?"
Tu Zhihua sneered: "It's good that he doesn't blackmail others. What a conscienceless guy!"
Ji Wu: "That's enough! Just answer whatever I ask you, don't keep interrupting. Do you know where your husband was on the 10th and 11th? We visited your neighborhood, and the neighbors said that they didn't see your husband at night. So where was he?"
Tu Zhihua: "He's gambling, all day and all night long. I wish I could chop his hands off..."
"Where do you bet?"
Tu Zhihua: "It's those bad friends of his. The one called Six Fingers set up an underground casino and lured him to go there every day. He even said he wanted to split the shares. I beat him so hard that he dared not see anyone for a few days. Otherwise, he could really put himself in jail."
Ji Wu: "Who is Six Fingers?"
Tu Zhihua: "I said the guy with six disabled fingers on his hand was not a good guy. If it weren't for him, An Feng would have been beaten into submission by me by now."
Xu An asked: "Where is the underground casino?"
Tu Zhihua: "There are many factories in the Hongmen. They can open a gambling house in any abandoned factory. It's a pity for the women in the factory. If they can't control the men at home, it will be miserable. They will be in debt!"
Hongmen?
This place is such a mess.
Xu An asked: "What's the exact location?"
Tu Zhihua: "I don't know. I caught up with him several times, but An Feng, that bastard, led me around for a few times and I lost him. Otherwise, I would have smashed the casino long ago. Anyway, it's right next to the factory."
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Ji Wu and Xu An went to catch a group of gamblers in the casino. Pei Qing thought about it and drove to Hongmen.
She still remembers when she rode her bike past the grove, there were factories in front and behind the grove. Because it was raining and she didn't have a work permit, she didn't have the opportunity to enter many factories.
I'll go and take a look this time.
An Feng was also taken into the car by Ji Wu. His face was swollen. After getting into the police car, he lay back to prevent people outside from seeing him.
Xu An: "Oh, you still have some shame?"
Anfeng is silent.
Ji Wu continued to taunt him: "We all saw your wife beating you. There's no point in hiding now. You'd better behave yourself. When we find the casino, your friends will beat you up."
An Feng was anxious: "Didn't you say that I will take you to find a casino and you can handle it as appropriate?"
Xu An: "You only mentioned the casino matter after your wife beat you up. This is not called active cooperation. How can it be considered as discretion?"
An Feng: "Hey, you policemen are unreasonable!"
Ji Wu yelled at him: "Sit still!"
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Pei Qing was sitting in the car when he saw several policemen find a factory with a locked gate. After one policeman climbed over the wall and knocked down the lock, several policemen filed in.
Soon, a loud noise mixed with some Chinese curses was heard, and men in T-shirts were escorted out one by one.
Pei Qing saw An Feng being pressed by Fang Jie and standing straight at the factory gate.
An Feng looked very reluctant, because every person who was escorted out was staring at him. If they had not been handcuffed, An Feng would have been able to walk out lying down today.
Pei Qing: "What's the bad taste?"
Anfeng must be made to stand in front and watch his friends being escorted out.
Pei Qing thought, maybe it was a police interrogation method to help them defeat the suspects one by one?
She was just watching the police escorting people as if it was a blast when she saw the grass move not far away and a head pop out.
Pei Qing immediately pressed the window and shouted to the police: "Someone ran away! Over there!"
A quick-moving policeman immediately ran out and kicked the man out of the bushes.
No one knew where the kick hit, but the man fell to the ground.
It was only when the police pulled the man up that Pei Qing saw his face.
Still an acquaintance.
Pei Qing frowned. Isn't this the thief who stole her battery and later ran away?
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All those involved in gambling were taken back to the police station, but the problem has not been resolved.
Xu An also mentioned this when he was having dinner with Pei Qing.
"The factory is an abandoned one, with no surveillance inside or outside. Although there are surveillance cameras on the road, this is a rural area, and the surveillance is not as dense as in the city. Anfeng's car was taken out to transport the body, and none of these people knew about it."
Pei Qing: "You must have been gambling like a fool. This car must have been driven away from the factory, and no one knew about it."
Xu An: "These people are addicted to gambling. They gamble all night long until their eyes turn red. When they are drunk, they don't even remember their wives and children, let alone their cars!"
Pei Qing: "What should we do then?"
Xu An: "Interrogate them one by one, these gamblers are colluded one by one."
Pei Qing mentioned that among the people who were escorted out today, there was one person she knew.
Xu An: "Which one?"
Pei Qing took out a tablet and drew a sketch for him.
"He's not tall and is quite thin. He was an accomplice of Yao Shun before and stole my battery."
Speaking of this, Xu An remembered.
"The battery that was stolen on the first day I bought it?"
He couldn't stop laughing.
"What's so good about driving an electric bike? There are a lot of cars in your garage but you never drive one."
Pei Qing ignored him and took out the draft and asked Xu An.
"Can I go around these abandoned factories?"
She said seriously, "I thought about it. Someone drove away the gambler's car in the casino to transport the body. The body was buried in the woods nearby, which means it's not far from here. It's possible that the body and the place where Sun Xiuxiu was imprisoned before are nearby."
She opened the drawing of Sun Xiuxiu being imprisoned.
"I'll look for it according to this, maybe I can find it."
Xu An felt that she was right.
Xu An: "Okay, but I don't dare let you go alone. Let me ask my brother if he's free."
Pei Qing: “Ah?”
Xu An: "What? It would be great if we could give Big Brother some extra time. Even if he works one day less, the company won't go bankrupt."
Pei Qing: "If you are worried, I can find a bodyguard, so there is no need for Big Brother to come, right?"
Xu An really wanted to have fun.
He smiled and said, "What are you afraid of? It's not like you haven't slammed the table and quarreled with him before. We grew up together, there's no such thing as overnight hatred. Besides, sitting in the office for a long time, spinal disease and lumbar muscle strain are common, you should let your brother move more."
Pei Qing pinched his fingers and listened to Xu An happily showing the chat history on his mobile phone.
"Look, big brother agreed. Hahahaha - don't look at me like that. I'll create another group."
Soon Xu An created a group named: [A loving family]
Pei Qing stared at him.
Xu An: "What's wrong? This is good."
He wasn't happy for long before he received a call from the team.
After Xu An answered the call, he immediately went to the police station.
Before leaving, he said to Pei Qing, "Ma Youlin, the pyramid scheme leader has contacted his wife."
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Pei Qing was waiting for Li Muxu. Li Muxu said he would be there at five o'clock, so she found a milk tea shop and sat down to wait.
While waiting, she sent a message to Han Heyue.
【Lotus Moon, Lotus Moon, Lotus Moon】
Han Heyue replied quickly this time: [What's wrong, baby? ]
Pei Qing: [My elder brother is coming to see me! ]
Han Heyue: [Have you guys reconciled? ]
Pei Qing: [Uh, I guess so. Why did you reply so quickly today? I thought you were going to work overtime again today.]
Han Heyue: [Hehehe, no need today. My supervisor asked for leave today. He actually asked for leave one day too. Do you want to have dinner with me tonight? Oh, you have to meet your brother tonight and you don’t have time to accompany me. I’m crying.jpg]
Pei Qing: [I'll accompany you next time. ]
The two chatted for a while, and Han Heyue talked about the company's gossip.
Han Heyue: [I heard that our supervisor asked for leave for his daughter. His daughter has eye problems and needs a corneal transplant. I heard that it took a long time to get an appointment. No wonder he worked so hard overtime. Forget it, I forgive him for the time being. I hope he can take a few more days off and stop pua me.]
Pei Qing: [Corneal transplant? Did someone donate their corneas before they died?]
Han Heyue: [Right, it seems that it can only be donated after death.]
Pei Qing: [Living people can’t donate, right? ]
Han Heyue: [If a living person donates, wouldn’t he become blind? ]
Pei Qing: [Indeed.]
She searched online again and found that the country strictly prohibits living organ donation.
Xu An had previously sent her a message saying that there were no signs of sexual assault on Sun Xiuxiu's body, but she had injuries, a hit on the back of her head, and she died from excessive bleeding, and her eyes had also been gouged out.
If gouging out the eyes was not for revenge, then it was to cover up the motive of the crime.
Could it be related to the cornea or am I just imagining things?
Pei Qing flipped through the drawings again. She didn't see Sun Xiuxiu with her eyes open in the drawings, so of course she couldn't judge the condition of her eyes.
Soon, the sound of wind chimes rang out at the door of the store and someone walked in.
Pei Qing raised his head and found it was Li Muxu.
As soon as he came in, people in the milk tea shop looked at him frequently.
The man who just came in was tall and had an upright posture, but he looked a little bit difficult to deal with.
Pei Qing picked up her bag, jumped to his side in a few steps, and then dragged him out.
"Brother, let's go."
Li Muxu was naturally pulled out of the door by her.
After leaving the milk tea shop, Li Muxu asked, "Don't you want milk tea?"
Pei Qing held his bag and said, "No."
What to drink? Will people see you if you stay in a milk tea shop?
Pei Qing looked at Li Muxu, who was wearing a shirt and trousers, and asked, "Did you change your clothes before coming here?"
Li Muxu: "Yes, it's inconvenient to wear a suit. Let's go, this way, aren't we going to see the factory?"
Pei Qing babbled, "Seeing the factory? It sounds like you're going to buy it."
Li Muxu: "You can buy it if you want."
Pei Qing immediately said: "I don't want to buy it."
This is not the way to spend money.
She walked closer to Li Muxu's car and found that Li Muxu indeed brought a driver.
Pei Qing and Li Muxu sat in the back seat of the car.
Li Muxu asked: "Tablet?"
Pei Qing handed over the tablet in a proper manner.
Li Muxu looked through her recent drawings and asked, "Don't you want to hold an exhibition?"
Pei Qing refused again: "No. My talent is more suitable for other places."
Li Muxu did not stop him.
Anyway, there is already someone in the family who does this job, so it doesn’t matter if there is one more.
Li Muxu exported the map and showed it to Pei Qing.
"There are three abandoned factories here. The police have checked and confirmed that there are no other gambling houses. You want to look again. Where do you start?"
Pei Qing pointed to the factory closest to them and said, "Let's go to this one first."
The first place Pei Qing went to was a toy factory. The words "Tiantian Toy Factory" could be vaguely seen next to the factory gate. The gate was locked, so Pei Qing and Li Muxu climbed over the wall and went in.
A few buildings are still there, but houses that no one lives in tend to accumulate dust.
As soon as Pei Qing walked in, he felt a discomfort in his nasal cavity.
Li Muxu handed her a mask and Pei Qing took it obediently.
Pei Qing: "When did you buy it?"
Li Muxu: "I asked the driver to buy it before I came here."
The two walked in the empty factory, and Pei Qing felt that this place was really different from her drawings.
After Li Muxu accompanied her for a round, Pei Qing planned to go to the second house.
The second one is a lumber mill, and when you walk in you can see discarded moldy wood.
Pei Qing walked into the factory and could tell that this factory must have been profitable when it was booming.
But as with any business, there are pros and cons. Now it can’t be run any more and has been abandoned.
Li Muxu pulled her.
"Stay away from this wood, there's mold."
Pei Qing: "Oh."
Sometimes Li Muxu suffers from mysophobia.
She walked around the factory as she had done before, and then went to the building at the back, but didn't find anything that matched the drawing.
She muttered, "There should be at least a small window."
She walked along the road and saw a rusty faucet and sink on the side of the road.
There are still some water droplets in the pool. It rained before and the rainwater accumulated in the pool and has not evaporated yet.
Pei Qing took a look and continued walking forward.
Suddenly, she stumbled, and Li Muxu reached out and grabbed her arm, pulling her back.
Li Muxu: "Be careful."
Pei Qing: "I tripped over a branch."
She looked down and found that there was a branch stuck in the sewer. Pei Qing reached out and pulled out a piece of cloth.
The fabric was wet and looked black and hard.
Pei Qing squatted on the ground and looked at the cloth.
After being exposed to wind and rain, the original color of the cloth could no longer be distinguished, but Pei Qing had a hunch that what she was looking for was here.
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Today is Han Xiao's first day at work. After graduating from technical secondary school, she stopped studying because her family had no money, so Han Xiao started working to support herself.
In her hometown, the fate of girls who don't study is to find a husband, just like her friend.
But Han Xiao didn't want to do that. She looked at the men in her hometown and saw that when summer came, all the exposed skin on their bodies was covered with tattoos, which looked very ugly.
Han Xiao still wants to find a fair-skinned man.
She didn't tell her family, saved some money, and ran to City A with her ID card.
Although she had bad luck at the beginning, first her suitcase broke down and then she encountered gangsters, but the ending was good. She met a policeman who drove her to her rented house.
There was also a kind sister who wanted to rent a house to her, but Han Xiao really couldn't afford the expensive house.
She plans to save some more money and then consider moving to a new place.
Han Xiao didn't get off work until nine o'clock, and she found a job as a waitress as a temporary job.
After nine o'clock, Han Xiao was walking on her way home when she saw several men smoking under the street lights.
Han Xiao pursed her lips and quickly walked past the men.
A man was whistling at her, and Han Xiao walked faster.
"Beauty, don't go! Do you want to smoke a cigarette?"
"Beauty, where do you work? Do you want me to introduce you to a good job? Hahahaha——"
"Don't walk so fast!"
"Look, it scared everyone away."
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Han Xiao walked quickly and could see the rental house after turning the corner.
She walked faster and faster until the street light above her head suddenly flashed. Han Xiao was startled. She felt someone touching the back of her neck. Han Xiao felt cold and ran forward regardless of anything.
A force pulled her, and suddenly, a dog rushed out and kept barking in Han Xiao's direction.
Lights began to light up in the surrounding houses.
The people behind him ran away immediately.
Han Xiao broke out in a cold sweat on her back. She didn't dare to look back, but she recognized the dog in front of her.
She fed it before going to work. It was the landlady's dog.
Han Xiao walked out of the darkness and touched the dog's head. The dog was a little black dog.
She heard that black dogs are the most vicious.
The landlady was shouting at the door: "Xiao Hei, come back, it's already so late and you're still not home!"
Xiao Hei was touched by Han Xiao, and he turned around and ran home, but was kicked by the landlady.
“Don’t run around.”
Han Xiao took a few steps, took out the key and opened the door.
The landlady suddenly said, "Hey!"
Han Xiao turned around and asked cautiously, "What's the matter?"
The landlady glanced at her and said, "The police raided an underground casino today. Did you know that?"
Han Xiao was surprised: "I don't know, I'm at work today..."
The landlady shook her head and said, "Now you know how messy our place is. I advise you to find a job that doesn't require night shifts, otherwise you'll be in big trouble sooner or later."
Han Xiao was stunned.
The landlady suddenly slammed the door shut, with a deafening sound.
The next day, Han Xiao got up early and cooked some meat to give to the landlady's dog.
She knocked on the landlady's door. A few minutes later, the door opened, but the landlady was standing at the door with a murderous look on her face.
"what?"
Han Xiao: "I'll give Xiao Hei something to eat."
Landlady: "What are you eating? You're dying, but you're still eating!"
After saying that, she closed the door, leaving Han Xiao standing outside in a daze.
Wasn't everything fine last night?
Han Xiao wanted to knock on the door and ask again, but the landlady was too scary just now, so she didn't dare.
She stood at the door holding a bowl of meat, but finally went home.
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After Pei Qing discovered the piece of cloth, he kept lying on the ground and looking down into the sewer.
The more Li Muxu looked, the colder his expression became, and his mysophobia came out again.
After waiting for a few minutes, Pei Qing still hadn't stood up, so Li Muxu began to pull her.
Pei Qing lay on the ground and waved back: "Don't worry, don't worry, let me check again, there is no water below."
Li Muxu: "No one lives there."
Pei Qing leaned back, his face flushed.
"Really? Look down there. Is this height high enough for one person to walk?"
Li Muxu sighed, squatted down and looked down.
There is indeed no sewage in the sewer and the odor is not strong.
Pei Qing asked Li Muxu to squat, but he stood up himself.
She murmured, "We can walk underground here, so there should be a basement. Where do we go in?"
She was spinning in circles, and then she heard Li Muxu say, "Find a construction team."
Pei Qing: "Construction team?"
Li Muxu: "Start digging from here."
Pei Qing: "You pay?"
Li Muxu: "Do you have money?"
Pei Qing was uncomfortable: "I have a little money."
Li Muxu smiled and said, "Keep it for yourself."
Half an hour later, the construction team arrived and dug a hole near the sewer. Pei Qing and Li Muxu led their men into the sewer.
It is called a sewer, but there is actually no sewage, it’s just that the passage is narrow.
Pei Qing was fine, but Li Muxu had to keep his head down when following her.
Pei Qing laughed at him: "Being too tall is not good either."
Li Muxu pushed her head down.
Pei Qing immediately apologized: "Brother, I was wrong. I won't talk nonsense anymore. Let go. Your hair is flattened."
Li Muxu put down his hand, and Pei Qing ran forward hurriedly with his bag on his back.
Several workers from the construction team followed along. Since the boss was the one who paid them, they could do whatever they wanted.
Pei Qing walked along a narrow path and saw a row of barbed wire.
She stood still.
This row of barbed wire is exactly the same as in her drawing, and there are layers of anti-peep film on the windows surrounded by the barbed wire.
Outside the barbed wire, right above the corridor, there are incandescent lamps.
Therefore, the light and shadow effects that Pei Qing painted on the draft were not sunlight, but the light emitted by an incandescent lamp.
Pei Qing continued to walk forward. Without getting close, she could see a black and red handprint on the curtain.
Li Muxu followed over and obviously he also saw the handprint.
"Good luck."
He said calmly: "No need to go to the next factory."
Pei Qing: "It's Sun Xiuxiu's misfortune."
She called Xu An and asked him to come over.
Soon, Xu An came with his men.
Trace detection personnel will conduct trace tests here, and the bloodstains will be sent back for matching with Sun Xiuxiu's DNA.
Xu An looked at the windows here with a grim expression.
There are five rooms in total, I hope there aren't five victims.
Pei Qing stood beside Li Muxu holding her bag, and Li Muxu reached out to her.
Pei Qing looked at him in confusion.
Li Muxu: "Give it to me and I'll take you to dinner."
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