The moment she heard the voice, Yu Yao quickly glanced behind her, ready to confirm what was behind her.
However, before he turned his head, he suddenly saw Miss Wu who appeared beside him at some point.
She squatted beside Yu Yao, staring at the place she was digging without blinking, her expression tense to the point of being unusually nervous.
Noticing that Yu Yao stopped, she turned her head and met Yu Yao's gaze. She blinked her cloudy eyes and smiled.
"What's wrong? Didn't you say you were looking for evidence? Why did you stop?"
Yu Yao paused and moved her gaze to the soil of the flower bed.
Miss Wu certainly couldn't hear it, but she could clearly hear the tiny sounds coming from the soil, reminding her over and over again to pay attention to her back.
Yu Yao tensed up and quickly glanced behind her.
The park was deserted and empty, and behind the two of them there was also nothing but emptiness, and it was very quiet.
But it was impossible for the unknown sound in the soil to remind her to pay attention to her back for no reason.
Yu Yao's mind was a little confused. She vaguely sensed something, but the idea was a bit scary and she didn't dare to jump to conclusions.
"Why don't you continue digging?" Miss Wu stared at Yu Yao leisurely, her somewhat tired pupils reflecting Yu Yao's somewhat nervous look.
Yu Yao's fingers, which were covered in mud, felt a little cold, and she retracted her hand that was still searching for evidence.
"Ms. Wu... the weather has been getting hotter recently, why are you still wearing a mask?"
Miss Wu was stunned and narrowed her eyes. "Because I caught a cold recently."
Yu Yao slowly stepped back, putting some distance between herself and Miss Wu.
"I'm wearing gloves because I'm here to look for evidence. What are you planning to do here wearing rubber gloves?"
As if the question touched on some crucial point, Miss Wu's expression froze for a moment. She stared at Yu Yao silently without answering.
Silence fell between the two.
The pair of tired and cloudy eyes narrowed slightly, making Yu Yao sense an unspeakable danger.
The atmosphere and the feeling she felt made Yu Yao subconsciously alert, and she leaned back slightly.
In this subtle silence, Yu Yao suddenly heard a ringtone, and a call came in.
Their eyes fell on Yu Yao's bag, and the ringing inside continued.
"Answer the phone." After a long silence, Miss Wu slowly stood up and stared down at Yu Yao. "If you don't answer the phone for a long time, the person on the other end will think something happened to you."
There was a hint of laughter in her voice, but Yu Yao couldn't laugh.
After taking off her gloves, Yu Yao immediately took out her phone and pointed to the side awkwardly, "Then I'll take a call."
She stood up quickly, moved to the side, pressed the answer button and answered the call.
At the same time, Miss Wu silently took a step closer to Yu Yao.
"Why did you go to a closed park?" As soon as the call was connected, Bai Fang's voice came from the other end.
Yu Yao was stunned. "How did you know I was in the park?"
Almost at the same time, Miss Wu stopped approaching Yu Yao. She slowly moved her body back and stared at Yu Yao without saying a word.
Feeling her gaze, Yu Yao glanced at her secretly and returned to the phone.
"Doctor Bai, how did you know I was in the park?"
Bai Fang paused on the other end.
Could she say that some gangsters saw Yu Yao crawling into the closed Yelai River Park with a strange woman again and came to inform her?
According to the gangster's description, that was a woman Bai Fang didn't know at all.
She would be a little worried if he just went to a strange place with a stranger.
"Hmm... I just happened to see it when I passed by there. Are you in there? Come out first."
Bai Fang looked up in the direction of Yelai River Park. After hearing what the gangster said, she happened to have some time, so she came over to take a look.
"I'll wait for you outside."
Yu Yao paused, glanced at Miss Wu, and nodded. "Okay, I understand. Wait for me outside. I'll be right out."
Having said that, she hung up the phone and faced Miss Wu with a smile.
"My friend was waiting for me at the park entrance. I felt like I was overthinking it. There wasn't much evidence here, and I had other things to do, so I went back first."
Miss Wu nodded calmly, "I'll go back with you."
"good."
Yu Yao responded and turned back in the direction she came from.
Miss Wu followed behind her.
"Oh right." She suddenly laughed. "Just now you asked me why I was wearing a mask and gloves. Actually... I'm a bit of a germaphobe, so when I go out, I always wear a mask and gloves. I hope you don't mind."
Yu Yao nodded silently without responding.
As soon as she left the park, she quickly looked towards the road. She didn't see Bai Fang, but she saw a motorcycle with a person leaning next to it. He was wearing a helmet and looking down at his phone.
Yu Yao glanced around in confusion, slowly moved towards the street, glanced around, and secretly looked at the man.
She was wearing a helmet and a comfortable sportswear. She had a slender figure and leaned lazily on the motorcycle. Her temperament was a little different from Yu Yao's impression. Without seeing her face, she was not sure whether it was a waste of time.
Can Dr. Bai ride a motorcycle?
The man probably noticed Yu Yao, raised his head and looked over here, then raised his hand and waved at her.
Is it really Dr. Bai?
Yu Yao moved over in a daze.
Bai Fang took off the helmet on her head, and her long black hair fell out from the helmet and fell messily on her shoulders. She stared at Yu Yao with gentle eyes.
"I'm passing by and came to pick you up."
As she spoke, she looked up at the woman following behind Yu Yao. She was wearing a suspicious mask, her hands in her pockets, staring at her.
"Who is this person you went to the park with?"
Yu Yao was shocked by the way Bai Fang took the helmet. She was dazed for a moment before turning to look at Miss Wu.
"This is my client. We came here together because of something."
"Oh? Client?" Bai Fang narrowed his eyes and met Miss Wu's gaze.
The man was wearing a mask and his appearance could not be seen clearly, but his eyes that were exposed were staring at Bai Fang.
Bai Fang could tell at a glance that those eyes were not a look of kindness.
She felt a little relieved that she arrived in time.
"Now that we're done with work, I'll take you home." Bai Fang turned around, took off a helmet from the handle, put it on Yu Yao's head, and said with a smile, "I happen to be free. How about I take you to eat something delicious?"
Yu Yao was dazzled by Bai Fang's smile. She nodded with a smile and moved to the back seat of the motorcycle very obediently.
Bai Fang turned around, put away the smile on his lips, and stared at the woman silently. His slightly narrowed eyes contained a warning, but the other party didn't take it seriously.
She put on a helmet, got on the motorcycle, and quickly left with Yu Yao.
Before Yu Yao left, she could still feel Miss Wu's gaze, which was cast straight at her from behind and fell on her, giving her an indescribable chill.
She leaned her head against Bai Fang's back, quietly reached out and grabbed Bai Fang's clothes, enjoying the sound of the engine and Bai Fang's back beside her ears.
"Doctor Bai," Yu Yao called out, "You can ride a motorcycle?"
"I won't say anything. I get carsick, but I won't get carsick on motorcycles, and they're faster too, so I learned it." Bai Fang responded calmly.
There is no gangster who can't ride a motorcycle.
"Oh, so that's how it is." Yu Yao nodded, it made sense.
"Do you think it's a little weird? It doesn't suit me."
"No," Yu Yao responded excitedly, "I was just a little surprised. Doctor Bai is so handsome when he can ride a motorcycle! I like him!"
Bai Fang smiled silently and rode his bike back to the counseling center.
The sound of the motorcycle was very conspicuous and attracted a lot of people's attention, and the ones who paid the most attention were the gangsters of the same kind.
They all looked out curiously from all directions and caught a glimpse of their boss riding a bicycle with a woman from a distance.
"The boss is the boss, so powerful, he brought the person back so quickly."
"I also want to go meet my sister-in-law and say hello. I haven't met her yet."
"Don't worry, the boss will definitely bring him here to meet you after a while."
"What kind of person is the girl that the boss likes? The boss's aura has become gentler recently."
"That person must be unique. Our boss would definitely look down on ordinary people."
"Now that you mention it, I'm even more curious."
Bai Fang parked the car downstairs of his house and planned to take Yu Yao there for dinner.
She parked the car and turned around to see Yu Yao standing there looking at her, her eyes wandering, but her expression was the same as before, shy and embarrassed.
Bai Fang looked her up and down and could confirm that at least Yu Yao's attitude towards her had not changed.
"Are you cold?" Bai Fang stared at her with a smile.
Yu Yao was stunned for a moment, a little confused, "It's not cold."
The weather isn't quite hot yet, but it's not cold either.
Bai Fang narrowed his eyes slightly, and the smile on his face was very dizzying. "If you are cold, I can hug you."
Yu Yao paused, then rushed over excitedly, "I'm cold, I'm cold. I'm especially cold today!"
She rushed into Bai Fang's arms with a bright smile on her face and was hugged by Bai Fang.
As soon as Yu Yao buried her head in her arms, the smile on Bai Fang's face disappeared. She lowered her eyes and stared at Yu Yao's back. Her fingers slid along her clothes, touching several key positions twice, and finally she touched a small hard object stuck to the back of Yu Yao's collar.
When I took it down, I saw it was a bug.
As expected... That woman was obviously not a good person, and it was impossible for her to just let Yu Yao leave without doing anything. She probably sneaked up on her when Yu Yao wasn't paying attention. Fortunately, she was alert and checked.
She threw the bug into the trash can beside her, then patted Yu Yao, who was hugging her with a happy face, and said, "Okay, let's go eat."
Yu Yao stepped back with blushing cheeks. Although she didn't know why Bai Fang suddenly wanted to hug her, she couldn't think of such detailed questions in her mind. Her eyes were glued to Bai Fang and she couldn't move them away.
"Why are you staring at me like that?" Bai Fang reached out and grabbed Yu Yao, walking towards the busy street outside.
Yu Yao followed Bai Fang in a daze, looking elated. "I just didn't expect that Doctor Bai would actually come to see me on his own initiative."
She glanced at Bai Fang shyly, feeling a little nervous.
Ever since the first time Yu Yao met Bai Fang, she always seemed to have this reaction in front of her. Bai Fang usually just thought that Yu Yao was always acting weird in front of her and never thought much about it.
Probably because of the last time I was drunk and was kissed unexpectedly.
It’s like opening the door to a new world. Now looking at Yu Yao seems like she’s wearing a filter, and she looks weirdly cute.
"We know each other after all, and I know a little bit of your secret. As friends, isn't it normal for us to go out for dinner together occasionally?"
Yu Yao paused, her eyes shining as she stared at Bai Fang. "Doctor Bai and I are friends? The kind where we can often go out to eat and chat together, and visit each other?"
"Um."
Yu Yao's cheeks flushed darkly. She moved closer to Bai Fang, blinking her bright eyes. "Then can I sleep at Doctor Bai's house occasionally?"
Bai Fang:?
Friends are just friends, why do you always want to sleep at her house?
"Occasionally...it's okay." Bai Fang thought about it hesitantly. Yu Yao was quite well-behaved. It seemed okay to go to her house occasionally, have a meal together and talk about sound.
Yu Yao clenched her fists excitedly. She had made progress! She felt like she was about to get Dr. Bai!
Bai Fang took Yu Yao to a nearby small restaurant for dinner. After sitting down face to face and ordering food, she began to ask about Yu Yao and the woman just now.
While waiting for the food, Yu Yao told Bai Fang everything about Yelai River, including some of her own guesses.
"There really was a ghost in the river that night?" Bai Fang paused while picking up food with chopsticks.
"Yeah, yeah." Yu Yao nodded. "I saw it with my own eyes. I was really scared at the time, but thinking about it afterwards, she seemed to be able to communicate, so it wasn't so scary anymore."
Bai Fang fell into deep thought, "This Miss Wu you mentioned, she seems a little strange to me."
When this was mentioned, Yu Yao nodded in agreement. "I think so too. Although she said she wore a mask and rubber gloves because of mysophobia, let's not talk about the mask for now."
Yu Yao leaned over to Bai Fang and whispered, "Actually, I suspect Ye Laihe's disappearance is related to her."
Bai Fang stared at her thoughtfully, "What's your basis?"
Yu Yao sat back in her chair. "Of course I have. Let me analyze it for you."
"First of all, I've also seen people with mysophobia, and they definitely don't wear rubber gloves. Rubber gloves are usually worn to prevent injuries or contamination of the hands."
"But another possibility is to prevent fingerprints from being left behind."
"When I met her, she was already wearing rubber gloves on her hands. She seemed to be waiting for me and led me into the restricted park through a secret entrance."
As she spoke, Yu Yao raised her eyes and glanced at Bai Fang with a complicated expression.
"I really didn't consider it a possibility at first, but when I heard the noise coming from the dirt, it snapped into place."
"The object hidden in the mud made me pay attention to my back. It might not be something else. The person behind me at the time was Miss Wu."
“When I realized this, I was a little scared.”
Yu Yao put down her chopsticks and clenched her hands nervously. "Because once we make this assumption, it will involve a lot of things."
She raised her eyes and stared at Bai Fang. There was a hint of confusion in her bright eyes, but at the same time she was very rational.
"The commission I received was from Shu Wen. Shu Wen said that the client hid the information and then sent it to me in the form of a document."
"The other party hid the information and even wrote a self-description in a document. I can confirm that Shu Wen has never met this Miss Wu. Otherwise, Miss Wu would not have written a self-description specifically. Shu Wen can just relay it to me."
"Her commission, and the purpose of the document, was for me to go to Yelai River to investigate. As the client, she knew I would definitely go to Yelai River."
Yu Yao paused, frowning slightly.
"She didn't contact me through the legitimate channel of Shu Wen, but instead came to stalk me privately. This means she didn't want anyone to know she was in contact with me. It also means she came to me with a hidden purpose."
Bai Fang held the teacup and listened carefully to Yu Yao's analysis without interrupting.
"There have been strange disappearances in Yelai River. If her story is true, and her companion disappeared, and she encountered something strange, she should believe in supernatural events. But when she heard me say there are ghosts in Yelai River, she didn't believe it."
"I can confirm that her account is false. None of her companions have disappeared, nor have she encountered any strange incidents in the Yelai River. The purpose of her request and account is to lead me to the Yelai River, and she is waiting for me there."
Having said that, Yu Yao raised her hand and took a sip of water, her expression still very calm.
"I don't know her. I can confirm that she didn't come to me because she hates me. I have nothing to do with her."
"At the same time, all the people who disappeared in Yelai River have no connection. If there must be a connection, it is that they all appeared in Yelai River."
"First, there are the security guards, who will definitely patrol the Yelai River. Then there are the cleaning staff, who will definitely be at the Yelai River."
"In other words, there's no connection between the characters themselves. Only the Yelai River location is important. Their disappearances are just coincidences. If those people disappeared because someone murdered them, then the murderer chose their targets without reason. This is what's called a pleasure killer."
"If everyone chooses to start the fight at Yelai River, everyone's attention will be focused on the Yelai River, and thus rumors about the Yelai River will spread..."
Having said this, Yu Yao was suddenly stunned, with a look of sudden enlightenment on her face.
"I've been saying this for years. The Yelai River has been here, and there are so many rumors. How come there haven't been any bodies found floating in the Yelai River, yet a post about a lake eating people is so popular on the forum? It's deliberate, a deliberate rumor."
Yu Yao looked up at Bai Fang, her eyes bright. "If the murderer really doesn't have a fixed target, as long as the rumor spreads that the lake eats people, people will definitely go to the lake out of curiosity. It only needs to wait there and kill those who go there, which will further confirm the rumor."
"The pleasure criminals have no targets, anyone can kill anyone."
"Then because so many people went missing, the police blocked off that area, so no one went there, and there were no targets to target. And then at this time..." Yu Yao tilted her head.
"I received a commission, and then I went to Yelai River. Then, someone was waiting for me there..."
Yu Yao shuddered. "Now that I think about it, I was curious before. Why did the murderer want to spread the rumor that Ye Laihe ate people, but didn't dump the body on the lake? That would be more convincing."
"Think about it more carefully. The guard is a man, and Miss Wu is a woman. If she wants to attack, she must use some small sneak attack, such as a stun gun, a syringe with medicine, or something else."
"Once the body was discovered, it would be easy for the police to deduce the truth based on the various clues on the body. That's why she didn't dare to throw the body away."
Yu Yao covered her face and sighed, "Now that I think about it, it's a bit dangerous. I was face to face with her just now."
Bai Fang silently put down the cup and said with a joking smile, "It's just that I'm late. There will be another missing person in Yelai River."
Yu Yao pouted, "How would I know? That commission was deliberately sent to lead me there. If I think about it carefully, I was there last night, but I didn't run into her last night..."
"Oh, it was because she took Liang Yubai with her yesterday. Liang Yubai seemed to be alone, and there were many bodyguards hiding around her, so she didn't dare to show up."
Yu Yao sighed heavily. "I was saved once by two people without even realizing it."
Bai Fang stared at Yu Yao with a smile, "Then why don't you take me with you next time?"
Yu Yao puffed up her face in grievance. "What if I get you and me into trouble? The two of us can't beat the real murderer."
Bai Fang smiled silently.
"But everything I just said was just speculation. I don't know where Miss Wu lives or what she looks like. It's pointless to go to the police and say I've seen the murderer without any clues, and then I can't even describe her appearance."
Bai Fang calmly put some food into Yu Yao's bowl and said, "I do have an idea."
"Wouldn't it be enough to just catch her in the act?"
Yu Yao was stunned for a moment, thought for two seconds, and moved closer to Bai Fang. "How can we catch him in the act? If we want to catch him in the act, I'll have to be the bait."
“And let the police squat nearby?”
Bai Fang smiled and stuffed a piece of tofu into Yu Yao's mouth. "With such a large police presence, there's no way she wouldn't notice. So, contacting the police is out of the question."
"We can find a way to catch her and then take her to the police station. She always wears a mask when she goes out. If her identity is suspicious, we can leave the rest to the police to investigate."
"It looks like it's feasible." Yu Yao nodded, chewed the soft tofu in her mouth, and sat back in her chair with a satisfied look on her face.
"But she's a murderer after all. We need to find someone who can catch her. I definitely can't beat her."
Bai Fang smiled and said, "Leave this to me. I know one or two people who can fight well."
Yu Yao's eyes sparkled. "Then I'll leave it to Dr. Bai! I'm a little touched that Dr. Bai is so attentive to my trivial matters."
Bai Fang smiled silently and put some food into Yu Yao's bowl.
After all, if she didn't mind her own business, she would still be worried about Yu Yao, who could be easily cheated and could not be beaten. Today was an example.
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