Chapter 35 35 I have a special physique just like you
Guan Xia and Pang Le booked their return tickets for noon, so they took a short nap and had breakfast before slowly packing their suitcases, returning their rental car, and rushing to the high-speed rail station.
During the short few hours' drive back, Pang Le kept picking up his phone to check it. As he got closer to his destination, his frown grew tighter.
"Something's really wrong," Pang Le said as he fastened his seatbelt after getting on the bus after leaving the station. "It's already this late, more than ten hours after the normal video update time, and there's no announcement. I think something must have happened to Song Yi."
Guan Xia thought about the difficult case Shao Ying had casually mentioned last night and asked Pang Le, "Did Song Yi mention in the last video which city the mountain they were going to was in?"
Pang Le recalled and shook his head. "No, but I remember there were fans discussing it in the comments section. I'll take a look."
As he spoke, Pang Le took out his phone and flipped through it for a long time before suddenly saying, "I found it. It's in Quchun City."
Pang Le leaned over and moved his phone between the two of them. Guan Xia looked over and saw a photo at first glance. There were no figures, only scenery. It was a quiet night, with bright moonlight and stars overhead. In the distance was a dazzling sea of lights that never stopped shining. The bottom corner of the photo even captured the smooth mountaintop road. Judging from several factors of this photo, it really fits the next exploration destination mentioned by Song Yi in the previous video.
Pang Le swiped his finger, and there was another photo below the photo. It was a screenshot of the navigation with positioning, which was indeed the location of Cuiping Mountains belonging to Quchun City.
Guan Xia told Pang Le what Shao Ying said last night, and Pang Le's expression suddenly became a little solemn. "I'm going to call my ex-boyfriend now to see if he has any news."
A few minutes later, Pang Le hung up the phone and looked at Guan Xia and said, "He only knew that the police suddenly sent a large number of personnel into the mountain at noon yesterday and blocked all the roads leading to Cuiping Mountain. It must be a major crime, but he didn't know the details."
Guan Xia couldn't help but deepen his speculation that Song Yi was the heroine of this criminal investigation novel, and at the same time he was worried about Song Yi.
The cases she encountered were so scary as a marginal person who accidentally broke into the world of criminal investigation literature. Let alone the original heroine, she will definitely survive, but no one knows what specific experience she will have.
Pang Le was busy on his phone for a while, obviously trying to get some more information, but from his expression it was clear that he came back empty-handed.
After starting the car, the two left the high-speed rail station, but after driving a few kilometers they felt something was wrong.
Guan Xia looked at the police cars whizzing past outside the car window and couldn't help asking Pang Le, "Is it my illusion? Or is it a big day today? Why do I feel like there are so many more police cars on the street?"
They usually encounter patrol police cars, but the frequency is very low, unlike today, where they have encountered them three times in less than half an hour.
Today seemed to be more congested than usual. It wasn't rush hour, but the cars weren't going very fast. Pang Le kept an eye on the distance between cars while observing his surroundings with his peripheral vision. After a moment, he said, "That's definitely not right. Look at the intersections. There are police officers at every one of them."
Guan Xia turned her head and looked around, and sure enough, she saw two policemen in uniform at every intersection, observing the crowd and stopping a few pedestrians from time to time to check their IDs.
Pang Le muttered, "Let's just leave for a day. Why does it feel like we've been away for months? What major case has happened?"
Quchun City and Yongquan City are obviously hundreds of kilometers apart and separated by two cities, but cases requiring the mobilization of a large number of personnel have occurred in both of them at the same time. Guan Xia feels more and more that it is real that he has traveled into the world of criminal investigation and literature fusion.
As the traffic slowly moved forward, after only three red lights, Pang Le and Guan Xia turned right onto a small road with only two lanes and were stopped not far away.
Three police cars were parked on the side of the road, and seven or eight traffic policemen were busy with serious expressions.
Traffic police used instruments to check for drunk driving in every driver's seat. Everything seemed normal, but judging by their behavior of checking the trunk of every car, it was not so normal.
The key point is that it is daytime now. Guan Xia looked at the bright sun outside and asked Pang Le hesitantly, "Do the traffic police also check for drunk driving during the day?"
She doesn't drive, so she really didn't notice it.
Pang Le shook his head and said, "I don't know. Anyway, I haven't encountered it during the day."
The two people lined up patiently and moved forward slowly. They didn't say anything, but their eyes were busy looking around.
As they approached, the driver of the car ahead of them, having just finished a DUI test, couldn't help but ask, "Uncle police, what happened? Why are you checking for DUI in broad daylight?"
This question really spoke to everyone's thoughts, and even Guan Xia couldn't help but stick her head out to take a look.
The traffic police officer, who was being questioned by the car owner, was speechless for a moment. He glanced at the car owner and said incoherently, "It's no big deal. Isn't our city being selected as a civilized city again? So everyone is out to maintain the city's appearance. You should pay attention to traffic regulations and drive safely..."
Seeing that the traffic police was repeating the same old trick, the car owner quickly interrupted, "Okay, okay, thank you for your help, uncle police. I'll leave now and won't cause you any trouble." He had also finished checking the trunk of his car, and when the traffic police reached a safe place, he immediately stepped on the accelerator and drove away.
Pang Le retracted his head and moved the car forward. After completing the routine inspection, he drove a distance and asked Guan Xia, "Do you believe in the selection of civilized cities?"
Guan Xia leaned back in her chair, found a comfortable position, and said, "It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. Even if you want to know the news, you won't be able to find it. So let's just stay at home and wait a few days to see what happens."
Guan Xia knew from the atmosphere that if this was really the case, the murderer must be more vicious than the previous two cases. She was really afraid that she would run into him if she went out. Anyway, her halo had just been charged to 100%, and the test she and Pang Le planned was also successfully completed. It was just right that she could stay at home and continue watching TV series during this time.
Pang Le was originally quite interested in discussing this, but he calmed down immediately after hearing this. "That's true. Although we know two policemen, unfortunately we are not familiar with them. We are not even friends. That's not right. Even if they are friends, they won't tell us about this. We can only wait and ask them when we get there."
Pang Le drove away only after sending Guan Xia all the way to the door of the unit.
In the next few days, Guan Xiazhen stayed at home and rarely went out. The few times she went out were all for morning jogging and buying groceries.
Guan Xia has moved here for more than ten days, but has never been to the park across the street. She feels a little moved when she looks at it from the balcony every day, but when she thinks of the atmosphere she felt on the way back from Quchun City, and the fact that Xu Nian's last case has been solved, but he seems to have not returned home recently, she quickly suppresses that feeling and continues to stay at home.
Until one weekend afternoon, Guan Xia was watching a drama and felt sleepy. She was dozing off when she was woken up by a call from Pang Le.
Pang Le said happily, "Guan Xia, do you want to come out and play? Let me tell you, there's a new beauty in our gym recently. He's a man, but he's a real beauty, very interesting, and most importantly... like you, he seems to have a special physique."
Guan Xia was yawning from how sleepy she was, but she suddenly woke up after hearing this and asked with interest, "He also has a special physique. How is it special?"
Pang Le said, "He's only been here a few days, and I'm not very familiar with him yet. I only vaguely mentioned that he encountered more than two or three corpses while traveling around, and he also helped the police solve several cases."
Guan Xia was a little surprised, "Then your physique is indeed very special."
Even more special than her. Guan Xia thought of Song Yi, who was suspected to be the heroine in a criminal investigation novel. What about this one? She is beautiful and interesting, and she keeps encountering corpses wherever she goes. Could she be the hero in a criminal investigation novel?
Guan Xia thought about it and was a little hesitant about whether to go and meet him.
Pang Le seemed to have noticed Guan Xia's hesitation, and continued, "Come and play, I just want you to see a beauty to refresh your eyes. We don't have to be friends. Maybe it can even give you some inspiration."
Guan Xia was a little suspicious when he saw him using inspiration as bait again. "Are you going to use me as a shield again?"
It’s not that Guan Xia wants to doubt Pang Le, but she has had such experiences several times in the few years they have known each other.
As expected, Pang Le laughed awkwardly, "Well, this beauty and I have a dinner date tonight, but Shi Guangbo has something urgent to do, and I don't want him to misunderstand, so I have to ask someone to accompany me."
Guan Xia was speechless. "Then you can cancel the appointment tonight, or change the time."
Pang Le said confidently, "He hadn't finished telling me about the case when we had dinner together last night, and we agreed to continue tonight."
Guan Xia was somewhat helpless, "Okay, okay, come pick me up?"
Pang Le became happy and said, "Of course."
The two of them agreed on a time, Guan Xia waited for the time to go downstairs, and less than two minutes after she stood there, Pang Le drove downstairs.
Guan Xia was wearing a seat belt and could easily see from Pang Le's face that she was looking forward to the party tonight, her eyes sparkling.
Although Guan Xia knew Pang Le very well, she couldn't help but ask, "You're not going to change your target before you even catch Shi Lu, are you?"
Pang Le's face immediately fell, and he rolled his eyes at Guan Xia. "Am I that kind of person? Although I love all beautiful things, including beautiful people, I am still very loyal, okay? I am very focused on every relationship. I admit that the beauty is interesting, but I don't have any other thoughts right now. I just think his physique is quite similar to yours, but it seems to be more exaggerated than yours. I think you might be able to gain some insights from communicating with him."
Guan Xia was happy to know that it was all for her, but when it came to her physique, she couldn't help but think of Song Yi. They hadn't talked about her since they came back from Quchun City last time, and she really didn't know what had happened next. So she asked, "Has Song Yi resumed video updates? Has your ex-boyfriend told you anything more?"
Pang Le turned down the music a bit before answering, "I've resumed updating, but the video doesn't mention what happened last time at all. It just says that the wild mountain was so beautiful that they stayed for two more days, so the update was late. But I asked my ex-boyfriend about it, and I've been following the news in the camping and hiking groups. They did have an accident in the mountains, and it was a big one. Two people in their camping group died."
Although Guan Xia was mentally prepared because she suspected Song Yi was the heroine of a detective novel, she was still surprised to hear this answer. "What? Someone died? Two? Murdered? Has the murderer been caught?"
Pang Le said: "I heard that there was no such person. The key point is the way of death. There are rumors that he was shot."
Guan Xia's mind went blank. "Shot?"
Although she traveled through time to a world that was a fusion of criminal investigation and literature, most aspects were almost the same as the world background before she traveled through time. This meant that the country she was in in this world also banned guns. In a country with a complete gun ban, someone was shot so close to her. Guan Xia thought a lot in an instant and shuddered uncontrollably.
Pang Le noticed this and patted Guan Xia's shoulder soothingly, saying, "Don't be afraid. I've analyzed it carefully. We arrived in Quchun City on the 14th, and Song Yi and the others went up the mountain on the morning of the 13th. The police sent a large number of officers into the mountains at noon on the 14th and blocked all the roads leading to the Cuiping Mountains. Based on this timeline, we couldn't have encountered the murderer. No matter how cruel he is, he's not a fool. He wouldn't run into the city center with a gun."
Guan Xia felt a little relieved and couldn't help but express deep sympathy for Song Yi. She didn't know how such a cheerful and hardworking girl managed to escape from the murderer in the mountains. She wondered what kind of changes would happen to her state of mind after such an experience.
The two chatted casually and soon arrived at the place where they had agreed to have dinner in the evening.
It was a hotpot restaurant near the shopping mall. It was obvious that Pang Le really had no interest in this beauty at the moment. Otherwise, considering her habit of paying special attention to her image every time she pursued someone, she would never have asked her to eat hotpot after just knowing her for two or three days.
After parking the car, Guan Xia followed Pang Le into a small private room. At a glance, she saw a man sitting on a chair playing with his mobile phone out of boredom.
He is very young, and looks to be in his twenties. Although he is a male, he looks a bit feminine, with delicate and smooth facial features, a pair of bright and lively eyes, a straight and small nose, and lips that are bright red, a bright red that comes from the vitality. He was scrolling through his phone, and no one knew what he was looking at, but he had a sarcastic smile on his face. One can tell at first glance that this person is beautiful, but also has thorns.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, the man looked up. Guan Xia was so shocked by the beauty that she felt like she couldn't walk anymore.
It was not until the man stood up and greeted her enthusiastically that Guan Xia came to her senses and tried to regain her composure.
The man first said to Pang Le, "You're finally here." Then he looked at Guan Xia and extended his hand, "Hello, I'm a friend Pang Le just met, my name is Lu Tingfeng."
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