"It's too late, let's go downstairs."
After Zhen Hu finished speaking, a cool breeze brushed his face, and Julian also recovered from his shock.
Julian got up and tidied up the leftovers, intending to take them down with him, but he couldn't help but think back to what the other had said.
“What you just said…” Julian organized his words, looked at Zhen Hu, paused for a moment, and then said, “You’re right.”
"Ah..." Unexpectedly, Julian said that last sentence. Zhen Hu paused for a moment, then revealed a hearty smile.
Having spoken his true feelings in the heat of the moment, Zhen Hu was prepared to be ridiculed, but the other person didn't refute him but agreed, making Zhen Hu feel a little embarrassed: "Haha, right? But it might be a bit troublesome to implement?"
"Fortunately, this was just a suggestion, not a real plan..."
Julian shook his head. Mu Chen had brought it up, but he hadn't actually said that this would be the final outcome. Judging from his expression at the time, it seemed that there were other ideas behind the matter.
"Oh, that's good."
Zhen Hu breathed a sigh of relief, then helped Julian clean up the trash and went downstairs to throw it away. However, as soon as the two entered the alley, Zhen Hu's brows suddenly furrowed, and a look of vigilance appeared on his face in the darkness. He grabbed Julian and ran towards the large trash can in the alley.
"What's wrong?"
Suddenly, Julian was startled when his shoulder was pulled. In an instant, before Zhen Hu could ask any questions, Julian could smell a strong stench of blood!
"vomit!"
Rushing to the filthy, smelly garbage can filled with the stench of snake blood, Zhen Hu suppressed his stomach discomfort and reached out to open a large black garbage bag at the source of the bloody stench.
Seeing this, Julian also took out his phone and turned on the flashlight to illuminate the way for him. Then, the two of them saw what was in the bag: the wine and food they had just drunk. This completely overwhelmed them!
"That's it? We only found out when we were taking out the trash on our way home from working overtime..."
"It was so disgusting that I couldn't help but throw up. We really didn't disturb the scene much, and we vomited about five meters away from the bucket."
"Huh? Are you kidding me? You can't find anything for a long time, so you're blaming us for covering up the traces with vomit? What's going on with you guys?"
...
After giving their statements at the police station for almost the entire night, Julian and Zhen Hu left the station as dawn broke through the darkness.
The two of them were in a bad mood, just like the expressions on their faces.
After spending the night arguing in the police station, both sides were parched and their clothes were filthy, reeking of garbage and blood. Now, all they wanted was to go home, wash up, and sleep until they naturally woke up!
...
Mingmei also saw the report about last night's case in the newspaper that day, but the content of the newspaper was not unfamiliar this time.
"Isn't this the building where Zhen Hu and the others work?"
She shared the information she found yesterday with Mu Chen last night, and the two talked about it for a long time. So much so that when she got up early this morning to go to work at the store, she was still so sleepy that she could see dark circles under her eyes.
She had been yawning constantly, but now, looking at the pictures posted in the newspaper, she was no longer sleepy.
"What?"
Yuan Fang, who was sitting at the bar, leaned over to look at Mingmei. Seeing Mingmei staring at the newspaper in surprise, he also picked up a newspaper and saw what Mingmei was talking about.
"Is this crime scene located where Zhen Hu and his team work?"
Because of his physical condition in the game, Yuan Fang cannot go to other places at will, so he does not know where Zhen Hu and the others work.
Hearing Mingmei say this, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.
"Crime scene? Judging from this, it looks like a murder and body disposal, right? We don't even know where the crime scene actually is." Mingmei shook her head, looking at the description in the newspaper. "It says two office workers found it while taking out the trash late at night. Ah... are working people this stingy these days?"
"Working until midnight and still having to take out the trash? Has the company gone out of business? Exploiting employees like this without even hiring a cleaning service?"
"Because they're not working overtime."
Mu Chen, who had just finished delivering milk that morning, returned to the store after work when he heard Ming Mei's attention veer off to something else entirely.
"Ah Chen, you're back! Want a hot dog?"
"Okay, add more pickles." Mu Chen agreed to Mingmei's question, sat down on the high stool outside the bar, and watched Mingmei's busy figure. He said, "I saw Julian and Zhen Hu when I delivered milk this morning."
"Huh? Do they go to work so early?"
Mingmei remembered Mu Chen's working hours. The milkmen were already delivering milk at four or five in the morning. No matter how Mu Chen saw the two of them, it didn't seem like they were at work. "Oh~ are they exercising early in the morning?"
"No, the two of them came from the police station." Mu Chen said casually, glancing at Yuan Fang, who was still reading a newspaper, out of the corner of his eye.
Upon hearing Mu Chen's words, Yuan Fang looked up, and Ming Mei turned around; both of them were captivated by Mu Chen's words.
"What happened to them?"
The last players to enter the orange area were Hu Yue and Li Yuan. What did these two do wrong?
"The two office workers you saw in the newspaper are Zhen Hu and Julian."
"Wow, what a coincidence!" Mingmei took the hot dog out of the microwave and handed it to Mu Chen, while also pouring him a hot drink.
"Yeah, I can't believe it either. But something big happened last night. When I delivered milk there, the police officers were still discussing that button. I heard the body was found in a terrible state. The whole body was chopped up, leaving only the head."
"Huh~"
Mingmei turned her face away; the scene was too bloody, and she found it disgusting.
Seeing Mingmei's reaction, Mu Chen didn't elaborate on the subsequent details.
Even if only the head of the deceased is intact, it does not mean that the facial features are intact.
His eyes were cruelly gouged out, his nostrils were turned outwards, and his mouth was stuffed with flesh and blood from who-knows-where. In short, Mu Chen's expression was extremely unpleasant when he heard it.
"Sigh~" Mingmei suddenly sighed, her tone worried, "How many cases is this? It seems like the suspects in these cases haven't been caught yet."
"Hmm, it should be the same person. They were ruthless and efficient, as if they had received professional training..."
Mu Chen calmly ate his hot dog, and when he picked up his hot drink, he glanced at Yuan Fang, who was staring at the newspaper and hadn't said a word.
Mu Chen silently withdrew his gaze, then pretended nothing had happened. After finishing his hot drink, he said, "I wonder if the perpetrator was female. Not only are all the victims male, but their deaths were also extremely gruesome, as if they were venting their anger..."
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