Chapter 87: Crime scene? Bottles all over the floor, dirty sofa,...
"The little rabbit pulled out a big carrot. He was so happy that he took it home to show his mother..."
The gentle sound of reading came from far away. Cecilia went up to the second floor quietly. Light was shining through the cracks in the doors of the rows of rooms. The sound came from the room at the foot of the stairs.
It’s Ms. Wen!
Her voice is very distinctive, soft but not shrill, and her words are as gentle as a dragonfly skimming the water, able to soothe people's inner pain.
"The little rabbit jumped excitedly: 'Mom, mom! We can eat carrots tonight!', but the mother touched the little rabbit's head lovingly: 'Silly child, carrots are not delicious.', The mother turned and walked into..."
While the other party was concentrating all his attention on telling the story, Cecilia moved closer to the door, slowly pushed it open a gap, then quickly withdrew her steps, leaned against the wall and waited for the reaction inside.
"The bedtime story is over, it's time for you to go to bed."
Ms. Wen's voice remained steady, with a hint of fondness in it.
The brand new door frame made no sound, and given the balloon's ability, the other party should not have noticed anything unusual.
She moved closer to the door again and looked through the gap.
There were two rows of small beds inside, with a child sitting on each bed. The children were both boys and girls, and they looked about the same age, about six or seven years old at most.
After telling the story, Ms. Wen was kissing the children's foreheads one by one in order.
"I said Sister Wen is a good person! These children should be the orphans she adopted as mentioned on the plaque."
The teddy bear lay on her shoulder and whispered in her ear, "She treats these children so well and even tells them bedtime stories."
It seemed like there was nothing wrong, but she always felt something was wrong...
Seeing that the other party had kissed the children one by one and was about to reach the door, Cecilia took two steps back in advance to make room for the door.
But in the silent room, a discordant voice suddenly rang out.
"Mom! I don't want you to leave! Can you stay with me?"
The tender voice of a child resounded throughout the room, but the other children did not respond. Instead, they turned their heads in unison and stared at the child who was speaking. Their strange looks were a little creepy.
"Lili, mommy also wants to stay with you."
Ms. Wen stopped and squatted in front of "Lili", patiently explaining, "But there are other brothers and sisters waiting for mom to visit them. If mom doesn't go, they will be very sad."
"But, but, I really like mom..."
Not getting a satisfactory answer, Lili pouted and was about to burst into tears. But the child closest to her suddenly spoke up and stared at her in dissatisfaction: "Mom doesn't belong to you alone!"
"Only bad kids would want to monopolize their mothers. Bad kids should be sent back to the orphanage!"
"So good."
Hearing this, Ms. Wen walked over to the child next to her and pasted a small red flower on the head of the child's bed. Lili was also stunned by the sudden threat and sobbed to hold back her tears.
Only then did Cecilia notice the "little red flower".
There is a white board at the head of every child's bed, with more or less small red flowers stuck on it, except for the child called "Lili".
After rewarding the child who spoke out, Ms. Wen walked back to Lili and said softly, "Mom can understand your feelings, but Lili needs to be a sensible child."
"Mom doesn't blame you for what happened today. Lili just came here not long ago, and she still needs time to adapt. As long as you behave yourself tomorrow, Mom will reward you with a little red flower."
Now, the tears that Lili had been suppressing completely disappeared. A bright smile broke out on her face and she nodded vigorously.
Only after all the children were lying in bed obediently did Ms. Wen turn off the lights and leave the room.
Cecia followed closely behind her, following her to the next room.
As expected, there were still children inside, just older, looking around ten years old.
"Did you listen carefully in class today? Lanlan, tell me what the teacher said..."
Ms. Wen spoke in a gentle voice, calling out each person's name one by one, taking everyone's feelings into consideration, just like a loving mother.
She followed behind and inspected all the rooms on the second floor with the other party. After taking care of every child, Ms. Wen returned to her bedroom to rest.
There are five rooms on the second floor, each containing children of different ages. Ms. Wen not only remembers each child's name, but is also very patient with them, speaking softly throughout the process.
Is she too suspicious?
Cecia went down to the second floor. Almost all the rooms on the first floor were specially prepared for children: there were teaching areas, entertainment areas, dining areas...
Each room is spacious and bright, and the angular appliances are covered with soft cloth to prevent children from bumping into them. There is also a huge doll on the podium in the classroom, which may have been forgotten by a naughty child to be taken back to the entertainment area.
The overall atmosphere is warm and harmonious, except...
Except the kids are so obedient.
Dozens of children live in the five rooms on the second floor. The youngest is only five years old and the oldest is only sixteen or seventeen years old. They are at the age when they like to play and rebel.
But only the newcomer Lili expressed a little bit of "rebellious" emotion.
The other children obeyed Ms. Wen's instructions and were as obedient as programmed robots.
"Isn't being well behaved good enough? Xia, don't think too much. It must be Ms. Wen who taught her well."
Hearing Cecia's concerns, the teddy bear didn't take it seriously and patted her shoulders with its soft paws.
"In my opinion, among these five people, only Ms. Wen can be fully trusted. You are totally wasting your time in doubting her!"
After walking around the first and second floors for several times, she found no clues. The children on the second floor were all fast asleep, and her eyes were getting more and more sore, so she left Ms. Wen's house.
After checking four neighbors' homes one after another, it was already two o'clock in the morning and the teddy bear was so sleepy that he couldn't even open his eyes.
"Xia, you should go to bed early and think of a way to invite them tomorrow."
The little guy yawned, and the whole bear looked lazy. "It doesn't tell anything like this. Maybe Mr. Bear is not at home either."
"Then go to sleep first, I'll be back after I finish watching."
Cecia decisively put it on the table. The teddy bear groaned again and crawled back along the arm, muttering, "I'm worried about you being alone."
Under Jia Dadan's gaze, the man and the bear walked into Mr. Xiong's door again.
The good news is that there is also light in Mr. Xiong’s house, so there is a high probability that he is at home.
The bad thing was that his house was almost brightly lit, and Cecilia had nowhere to hide, so she had to hold on without blinking.
…She no longer uses this ability.
Ignoring the pain in her eyes, Cecia searched outside the villa for a loophole for her to enter.
Unexpectedly, Mr. Xiong, who seemed the most careless, was actually the one who was most vigilant, and she didn't even find any unlocked windows or doors.
"Since we can't get in, let's go back."
The teddy bear was about to back out and urged Cecilia to go back and rest, but she raised her hand and took out an axe from her backpack.
[…When you destroy anything with it, it won’t make any sound. And if you touch the damaged object with the axe handle, you can create an illusion on the destroyed object, making it look intact.]
The Hidden Axe is perfect for times like this.
With all her might, the glass window shattered without making any sound. She gathered the fragments aside, then touched the window with the axe handle, and it instantly returned to its original state.
When the teddy bear saw this magical scene for the first time, he was stunned and completely gave up the idea of going home.
Blinking quickly for two minutes, Cecia passed through the broken window and cautiously approached the bright hall.
Although Mr. Xiong was not seen, the living room was in a mess, as if it had been robbed. The wine bottles on the floor, the dirty sofa, and the scattered clothes all proved that someone had been there not long ago.
He doesn't seem to be home alone?
Seeing the women's clothing, Cecilia gripped the axe tightly, avoided the messy items on the ground, and followed the traces left behind to go upstairs.
"Fuck it! I told you to scold me! I told you to look down on me! Go ahead and scold me! It's just a few stinky coins, right? You're not even weaned yet and you're already bullying me. Do you really think I'm easy to mess with?"
Mr. Xiong's rude shouting echoed throughout the second floor, and it sounded as if he was scolding Ms. Qian and Diandian.
Are they not at home because they have been killed?
What about her mission?
Thinking of the dissatisfaction implied in Mr. Bai Tian Xiong's words, coupled with his reckless and irritable character, Cecilia's heart tightened and she quickly quickened her pace.
Harsh curses kept coming from the innermost room. The wide-open door allowed people to easily see the overall situation.
Mr. Xiong was naked from the waist up, swinging his fists and hitting the unconscious woman in the bathtub. The woman's body was covered in bruises, many of which did not look like new injuries, but rather like old injuries that had not healed and had been covered in another layer of injuries.
"Now you know how powerful I am, right? Don't dare to speak anymore. It's too late!"
Beating up people who were weaker than him seemed to give him great satisfaction. He looked crazy, propped up the woman's limp head, collected some of her saliva with a bottle cap, and then drank it all.
Bang!
The force from his back made him hit the wall, and he almost spit out all the saliva he had just drunk.
"X! Who is it!"
He dropped the woman in his arms and looked warily at the stranger who suddenly appeared.
The other person was wearing a strange bird-beak mask that completely covered his face. Although he was not as tall as him, his terrifying strength was enough to show that he was no ordinary person.
"I advise you to mind your own business."
Mr. Xiong was extremely arrogant, twisting his wrist and threatening: "Since you are in my house, you should have heard of my name. If you anger me, your fate will be the same as hers."
As he spoke, he pointed at the woman in the bathtub whose life or death was unknown.
The one wearing the bird-beak mask was Cecia.
Her figure has been "optimized" by the system, and her voice should be the same. If she is recognized, the mission will be difficult to complete.
So, she didn't say anything and just punched him.
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